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Dniprovsky District Court in Kyiv has sentenced former Ukrainian lawmaker Viktor Lozinsky to 15 years in prison for the murder of Valeriy Oliynyk, a resident of Holovanivsk district in Kirovograd region, as well as for the illegal possession and use of firearms and ammunition.

A panel of judges announced such a verdict on Wednesday.

Lawyer Viktor Hrytsiuk told reporters that his client would lodge an appeal.

On June 16, 2009, Valeriy Oliynyk, a 55-year-old resident of Kirovohrad region, died following an incident involving Lozinsky, the former prosecutor of the Holovanivsk district, Yevhen Horbenko, and the former chief of the district police department, Mykhailo Kovalsky.

On July 3, the Ukrainian parliament took away the deputy immunity of Lozinsky at his own request. The former MP was put on the wanted list.

On March 1, 2010, the law enforcement authorities detained Lozinsky in Kyiv.

Lozinsky is charged under six articles of the Criminal Code of Ukraine, including Article 115 (premeditated murder), which envisages a 15-year prison sentence or life imprisonment.

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