Piotr Ka builder by profession, was detained in October 2023 during the reenactment of a historical battle involving the Vikings. He came to the event in combat gear with patches and symbols of the Wagner group. He was detained when he became aggressive, brandished a knife and threatened participants, the BBC reported.
A London court sentenced him to death on Friday a sentence of two and a half years in prison, plus an additional year of supervision for claiming to be a member of a proscribed terrorist organization. Wagner's group was added to this list in September 2023 and has been since then a crime is to belong to it and support it in the UK.
Great Britain: A Pole claimed to be a member of the Wagner group. He was convicted
Witnesses reported that at a Viking party, a Pole told them that he joined the Wagner group and fought in the ranks of this organization in Ukraine. He also repeated these claims in several posts on Facebook and in messages sent to friends, the prosecutor's office said.
Piotr K he pleaded guilty to the crime he was accused of in August. During the hearing, he wore “symbols associated with far-right ideology and white supremacy,” the statement said.
Man he explained that he was only pretendingthat he is a member of the Wagner group, to “provoke a reaction” participants of the staging in connection with differences of opinion about Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
“He wanted to cause fear.” British prosecutor's office about the behavior of a Pole
The anti-terrorist police forces stated that there is no evidence indicating that the man is actually a member of Wagner's group or that he fought in Ukraine. However, they stressed that impersonating a member of a banned organization is illegal a serious crime.
– Piotr K. claimed that he fought for the Wagner group as part of the Russian invasion of Ukraine and threatened people based on his extremist views and reputation as a terrorist organization to cause fear in others – said prosecutor Frank Ferguson, head of the counterterrorism department.
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