‘Chessboard killer’ jailed for life
Moscow’s “Chessboard murderer” was formally sentenced to life imprisonment today ending one of Russia’s worst serial killer cases.
Alexander Pichushkin was convicted of murdering 48 people, but insisted he had killed 60 in his quest for one death for each square on a chessboard - a total of 64.
The sentence was the harshest possible under Russian law.
Pichushkin stood in a reinforced glass cage with his hands cuffed behind his back while the judge read the sentence for 45 minutes.
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