Russian ex-police gets life for murder
Published:Friday | February 19, 2010 | 1:35 PM
A former Russian police officer who shot and killed two people in a Moscow supermarket last April has been sentenced to life in jail for murder.
Denis Yevsyukov was convicted of two murders and 22 attempted murders.
CCTV recorded the shooting, in which seven people were wounded.
Prosecutors say Mr. Yevsyukov was drunk at the time.
Today’s verdict comes a day after Russian President Dmitry Medvedev announced sweeping measures aimed at reforming the country’s police force.
Mr. Medvedev dismissed two deputy interior ministers and 16 police generals, as well as ordering the staff of the interior ministry police to be cut by half.
The trial was seen as a key test of the government’s drive to tackle police violence.