Peoples Court In Separatist-Held Alchevsk Issue Death Sentence By Show Of Hands The BBCs Dina Newman reports on a session of the First Peoples Court in separatist-held Alchevsk on October 25. The trial was presided over by the leader of the Prizrak (ghost) battalion, Alexei Mozgovoi, who also issued a bizarre warning to all female residents of the town: Too many women go to restaurants, he said. What kind of example do they show to their children? From now on, we will arrest all women we find in restaurants and cafes. The session was recorded and uploaded onto YouTube by Mozgovois Information Squad. m.youtube/watch?v=T2Ymaq4m1zY Two men were accused of rape and were, Newman writes, presumed guilty on the basis of evidence presented by battalion investigators. One was spared the death penalty and condemned to being sent to the front line, to redeem himself and die with honour. The other was sentenced to death by firing squad, despite desperate pleas from his mother, present in the audience. By a large majority, the suspect is sentenced to death. Good people, spare him, the mans mother screams. Blame me, I am the one to blame! The battalion confirmed to the BBC that both convicts were currently held in custody and the sentences were to be carried out in the next few weeks. Ukraine abolished the death penalty in 2000, having carried out its last execution in 1997.
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