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Ukrainian Court Finds Lviv Student Guilty of Torching RFE/RL Reporter's Car

RFE/RL's Ukrainian Service

   A Ukrainian court has found a university student guilty of torching an
   RFE/RL reporter's car, a decision that the media organization's
   president said brings prosecutors closer to apprehending the organizers
   of the premeditated crime.

   A court in the western city of Lviv on May 25 handed down a suspended
   five-year sentence with a three-year probation period to Yakob
   Sarakhman for setting Halyna

   's car ablaze on the night of January 30.

   The 19-year-old university student admitted his guilt to the court and
   agreed to cooperate with prosecutors, Tereshchuk's lawyer, Oleh Mytsyk,
   said.

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