Jury selection begins in Sheremet case
The trial of three defendants suspected of being involved in the high-profile killing of journalist Pavel Sheremet has started in Kyiv with the selection of jurors. The Shevchenko district court on September 4 selected jurors with the participation of defendants Andriy Antonenko, Yana Duhar, and Yulia Kuzmenko, and their legal teams. The court decided to remove two potential members of the jury from the panel due to conflicts of interest and possible bias. The jury will be fully established at the next hearing, scheduled for September 28. Sheremet, a Belarusian-born Russian citizen who had made Kyiv his permanent home, was leaving his apartment to head to the studio where he hosted a morning radio program when an improvised explosive device planted under his vehicle exploded on July 20, 2016, killing him. Mr. Antonenko, Ms. Duhar and Ms. Kuzmenko were arrested in December as suspects in the case.