Soldier who committed double murder while on the run sentenced to life

A military court in Poznan has sentenced to life in prison a runaway soldier who "killed because he wanted to see how it was to kill somebody." On July 22, 1999, Piotr Ramiaczek, a member of the elite 10th Armored Cavalry Brigade, went absent without leave from his army base, taking with him a machine gun and ammunition. He was pursued by several hundred soldiers and policemen. However, before his capture, he killed a forest warden and his daughter. (Gazeta Wyborcza, p. 8) P.J