Russian ex-policeman guilty over 56 murders

A RUSSIAN court on Monday found a former policeman guilty of 56 murders, while he is already serving a life sentence for killing 22 women, making him one of Russia’s most prolific serial killers. The court in the Siberian city of Irkutsk found Mikhail Popkov “guilty of killing 56 people between 1992 and 2007”, Irkutsk regional prosecutor’s office said in a statement. Prosecutors said Popkov “has a pathological attraction to killing people”. He was also found guilty of raping 10 of the victims. He received a second life sentence on top of the one he is already serving and was also formally deprived of his pension as an ex-policeman.