'We wanted to get justice, we got justice' say MH17 victims' families

Relations of the MH17 victims blinked away tears as responsible verdicts have been learn out in a Dutch court docket on Thursday.

Three males have been sentenced to life in jail for murdering all 298 folks on board the Malaysia Airways flight, which was introduced down over Ukraine in 2014 with a Russian-supplied missile. A fourth man was acquitted.

Relations categorical satisfaction

Piet Ploeg, President of the MH17 Air Catastrophe Basis mentioned he discovered it a "well-balanced sentence."

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We wished to get justice, we acquired justice.

Piet Ploeg

President of the MH17 Air Catastrophe Basis

"I believe, it exhibits rather a lot concerning the evolvement of the Russian state," he mentioned. "You are additionally going to see that it is balanced as a result of one of many suspects acquired an acquittal and the others acquired the best potential punishment. It was a good trial. It was a well-balanced and well-considered verdict. We wished to get justice, we acquired justice."

Reduction after years of ready

Relations travelled from around the globe for the tip of the two-and-a-half-year trial.

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I had that good feeling all week that they might be sentenced responsible.

Ria van der Steen

Father & stepmother killed in crash

Some could not maintain again their aid after years of ready for justice, together with Ria van der Steen, whose father and stepmother died within the aircraft.

"I am actually, actually, very completely happy. I used to be driving over right here this morning and I felt I already knew," defined Ria. "I had that good feeling all week that they might be sentenced responsible, so higher than that does not exist at this second!"

Moscow calls verdict scandalous

Moscow has slammed the decision as "scandalous", saying it was politically motivated. From the beginning, Russia has denied having any involvement within the crash. 

Nonetheless, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy praised it as "vital".

Not one of the suspects was on the high-security court docket after Russia refused to extradite them. 

The Boeing was shot down seven years in the past over jap Ukraine, which was within the midst of a separatist battle.