Voislav Torden seeks Supreme Court appeal in war crimes case

War crimes convict Voislav Torden has applied for leave to appeal to Finland’s Supreme Court against an August ruling by the Helsinki Court of Appeal, Yle reports.

The Court of Appeal found Torden guilty of three war crimes and sentenced him to 12 and a half years in prison. A district court had previously convicted him of four war crimes and sentenced him to life in prison. Torden denied all the charges.

The Court of Appeal said Torden took part in an ambush at a checkpoint in Luhansk, eastern Ukraine, in September 2014. Nearly 30 Ukrainian soldiers were killed or wounded.