Playing -card Killer
Playing-card killer convicted
By AP
MADRID, Spain -- An accused serial killer known for leaving a playing card by the bodies of his alleged victims was convicted yesterday and sentenced to 142 years in jail. But the 27-year-old man will likely be out of jail before he turns 48.
Alfredo Galan, a former army soldier who served as a Spanish peacekeeper in the Balkans, was convicted of shooting six people to death between January and March in 2003, in and around Madrid.
Spanish media came to call him "the deck killer" because a single playing card was found by the bodies of four of the victims.
Despite the 142-year sentence, under Spanish law the maximum length of time a person can spend in jail for a non-terrorism conviction is 20 years.
By AP
MADRID, Spain -- An accused serial killer known for leaving a playing card by the bodies of his alleged victims was convicted yesterday and sentenced to 142 years in jail. But the 27-year-old man will likely be out of jail before he turns 48.
Alfredo Galan, a former army soldier who served as a Spanish peacekeeper in the Balkans, was convicted of shooting six people to death between January and March in 2003, in and around Madrid.
Spanish media came to call him "the deck killer" because a single playing card was found by the bodies of four of the victims.
Despite the 142-year sentence, under Spanish law the maximum length of time a person can spend in jail for a non-terrorism conviction is 20 years.
