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Court finds former security official guilty over 2010 Smolensk crash

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Roberto Galea 21.06.2016 13:36
A Polish court on Tuesday found a former deputy head of VIP security guilty of neglecting his duties in relation to a 2010 crash which killed 96 people, including President Lech Kaczyński.
Paweł Bielawny (L) with his legal counsel during the court hearing on Tuesday. Photo: PAP/Tomasz Gzell Paweł Bielawny (L) with his legal counsel during the court hearing on Tuesday. Photo: PAP/Tomasz Gzell

The conviction by a Warsaw court is the first in relation to the crash in Smolensk, western Russia, on 10 April 2010.

Paweł Bielawny was handed a suspended 18-month jail sentence and fined PLN 10,000 (EUR 2,273).

The head of the Law and Justice (PiS) party which won the October 2015 general elections is Jarosław Kaczyński, twin brother of the late president.

The party has vouched to bring several people involved in the organisation of the flight to justice, as well as to get to the bottom as to why the Tupolev plane crashed while approaching the runway.

Source: PAP

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