TALLINN (BNS) – An Estonian court on June 28 handed down a prison sentence of 4.5 years to Jaanus Karm, the commander of a reconnaissance unit whose 14 subordinates died after straying from course while crossing a water barrier off Estonia's northern coast in 1997. Karm, who was among the eight survivors of the 22-man unit which embarked on the crossing, was sentenced to four years and six months of detention in a semi-closed prison. The sentence will come into force in 10 days. Until that time, Karm can appeal the verdict. The court found that while conducting the training exercise in the ...
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