BBC: Nazi war criminal dies in British prison

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BBC: Nazi war criminal dies in British prison

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4413786.stm

The only man to have been convicted in Britain of Nazi war crimes has died in Norwich prison.

Anthony Sawoniuk, 84, was serving two life sentences after being found guilty of murdering 18 Jews in the UK's first war crimes trial.

The former British Rail ticket collector was found guilty in 1999 of crimes committed in his home town of Domachevo, Belarus.

He lost an appeal against his conviction in 2000.
Police said Sawoniuk was believed to have died of natural causes and his death was not being treated as suspicious.

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