- Nineteen prisoners use cutlery to break out of cells at Winchester prison
- France wants progress in Ukraine before Russia returns to G7
- Italy president begins talks to seek way out of government crisis
- Italian PM expected to resign as political chaos deepens
- Russia says US cruise missile test ‘regrettable’
- Kremlin - No date set for Normandy talks on Ukraine despite Macron meeting
- Egypt court hands out 6 death sentences on terror charges
- Putin says Russian nuclear explosion poses no threat
- Russian panel eyes alleged foreign interference in protests
- Gran Canaria wildfire triggers evacuation of thousands of people
- PM Johnson calls on Germany and France to compromise on Brexit
- Sudan's ex-president Bashir arrives at corruption trial
TEHRAN, January 11 - A court in Siberia has opened hearings in the trial of a former policeman who is charged with the murder of 60 people.
TEHRAN, Young Journalists Club (YJC) - Mikhail Popkov, from the eastern Siberian city of Angarsk, was first arrested in 2012 and sentenced to life in prison for the murder of 22 women. While in custody, Popkov confessed to 20 more.
Local police have for years been investigating murders in the Irkutsk region where dozens of women were raped and killed in secluded spots.
The latest charges against Popkov include 60 counts of murder, which could make him Russia's biggest serial killer in at least the last 100 years.
Prosecutors began reading out the charges on Wednesday and adjourned the hearing until Monday.
Psychiatric tests run on Popkov have shown that he is sane.
Source: AP
Your Comment