A car mechanic who beat a convicted paedophile to death after "saving" two boys he had abducted has been convicted of murder.
Vladimir Sankin, 34, faces up to 15 years in jail after he was accused of using disproportionate force on the paedophile and that the boys were already freed by the time he arrived.
Sankin and his supporters disputed these claims and he had been branded a "hero" for his actions by some. Additionally, medical evidence was presented at the trial that the cause of death was frostbite, not Sankin’s blows with a wooden stick.
The jury asked for leniency in the sentencing after finding him guilty of murder following eight hours of deliberations. The married man - who will be sentenced next week - is reported in local
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