Life Sentence for Brutal Murderer of Varna Student
Crime | February 26, 2010, Friday // 12:41| views
The Varna District Court announced Friday that Tsvetanov was also guilty of molestation but cleared him of rape charges. Photo by Darik News
Georgi Tsvetanov has received a sentence of ‘life imprisonment with the possibility of parole’ for the brutal murder of Varna student Radostina Evtimova.
The Varna District Court announced Friday that Tsvetanov was also guilty of molestation but cleared him of rape charges. The sentence also ordered him to pay BGN 100 000 in compensation to Evtimova’s parents.
The sentence can be appealed within 15 days and Evtimova’s legal team is set to ask for a harsher sentence. Tsvetanov’s lawyer said that the decision was fair for the crime but added that they had not sentenced the right person.
The mutilated body of the third-year student from Varna's Business University Evtimova was discovered by her sister on March 7 with over 50 knife wounds. The murder sent shock waves across the country and triggered mass student protests.
Georgi is the son of a prominent Varna politician, Tsanko Tsvetanov, Deputy Chair of the Union of Democratic Forces (UDF) and Chair of the UDF branch in the Bulgarian Black Sea capital Varna, who was forced to resign over the murder scandal.
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