The FINANCIAL -- The unsolved
murders of three Ukrainian citizens in September 1991 finally came to
court on Monday, where two Polish men are being tried in Kielce,
southern Poland.The men are accused of the long-unresolved crime after
DNA evidence appeared to link 51-year-old Tadeusz G. with the murders.
The second defendant, Stanislaw P, stands charged with handling prohibited weapons, and he faces eight years behind bars.
The murders took place near the village of Cedzyna, near Kielce, on the night of 19 September 1991.
Police were called to the scene of a burning Moskwitch car with Ukrainian number-plates.
Three bodies – two male and one female - lay near the wreckage.
All three victims had been shot at close range through the head. The woman had been raped prior to the killing.
Tadeusz G. has already been sentenced for murdering five personnel from several bureaux de change across southern Poland.
However, he is pleading not guilty in the current case, and he has refused to answer questions. Stanislaw P. has entered the same plea, and he is likewise refusing to cooperate with the court.
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