| The Supreme Court of Russia upheld the verdict of the Primorsky Territory court handed down to Sergei Zubov and Yuri Zhernikov, who were found guilty of murdering the general director of Vostochny Port OJSC Leonid Bochkov. Mr. Bochkov was shot on November 26, 2001, near the port administration building in the village of Vrangel, near the city of Nakhodka. A surveillance video camera recorded the crime scene from afar. Within a few hours, four suspects were detained. Brown spots were found on the tires of their car. The examination established that this was the blood of the murdered Leonid Bochkov. Charges of premeditated murder committed for hire were brought against the guards of the Nakhodka bath and laundry plant Sergei Zubov and Yuri Zhernikov, better known in criminal circles as the Beast and the Mexican. The trial in the sensational criminal case lasted more than a year. The killers were sentenced to 22 years in prison to be served in a maximum security colony. Dmitry CHERNOV, Vladivostok
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