SKINHEADS SENTENCED TO IMPRISONMENT
Pan Armenian News
16.05.2005 03:32
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ May 14 the verdict of the Moscow Court as regards
17-year-old members of Skinhead youth group Nikita V. and Roman
S. came into force. The court found them guilty of premeditated
murder motivated by national hatred and hostility. The investigators
established that in December 2003 a group of teenagers including
Nikita V. has assaulted Armenian citizen Gevorg Hayrapetian. When he
tried to escape Nikita V. ran him down and hit him with a knife for
numerous times. Only thanks to the passers-by the victim remained
alive. Two days later Nikita V., Roman S. and others assaulted
citizen of Azerbaijan Etibar Mamedov. After beating him for a long
time Nikita and Roman took out knives and killed him. The jury found
Nikita V. and Roman S. guilty of the crimes. The Moscow court sentenced
Nikita V. to 9 years and 6 months of imprisonment and Roman S. to 6
years and 6 months of imprisonment, IA Regnum reports.