Murderer of US Volunteer Sentenced to Death
30 марта, 00:00
The Chernihiv Oblast Court has sentenced Volodymyr Mynko to execution by
firing squad for having killed US Peace Corps volunteer Victor Etienne
Werlough. The crime was committed in September last year. Mynko, set free
after serving a ten-year term for robbery and theft, shadowed the victim
for three months. Mynko's accomplice, a guest of Werlough's, drugged the
host's dinner with clopheline and opened the door to the assailant. Finding
no money in the apartment, Mynko savagely beat the almost unconscious American
for one and a half hours and then stabbed him. At last the criminal found
a wallet with $200. The murderer was surprised by neighbors. Grabbing a
computer and telephone, Mynko dashed out of the room. Werlough died of
blood loss. This was the first murder of a US Peace Corps volunteer in
the CIS, Valentyna KUZNETSOVA reports. Mynko was found guilty under
Article 93, item a); Article 142, part 3; and Article 142, part 3, and
was sentenced to capital punishment. His accomplices received various terms
of imprisonment.
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