NORWICH, England, Nov. 7 (UPI) -- Anthony Sawoniuk, the only Nazi war criminal convicted after a full trial in a British court, has died in prison of natural causes at the age of 84.
Sawoniuk was given two life sentences six years ago after being convicted of killing two Jews near his home town of Domachevo in western Belarus in 1942.
He moved to Britain in 1946, and lived in south London, and worked until retirement as a ticket inspector for British Rail. He arrived in England as a Polish patriot and lived in anonymity, marrying several times and fathering one son.
In 1999, he was convicted on two charges of murder. Prosecutors at his 8-week trial said he led "search-and-kill" police squads hunting Jews who escaped a Yom Kippur massacre in Domachevo. Sawoniuk denied the charges throughout the trial, saying that he was the victim of a conspiracy.
Sawoniuk was transferred to Norwich Prison in February and was being held in a unit for elderly prisoners serving life sentences until his death Sunday, The Times of London reported.
