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msnbc.com news servicesMUNICH — A German court found John Demjanjuk guilty on Thursday of helping to kill 27,900 Jews at the Nazi death camp Sobibor during the Holocaust.
The Munich court sentenced the 91-year-old to five years in prison as an accessory to mass murder as a guard at the Polish camp during World War Two. Defense attorneys had said during the 18-month trial they would appeal any guilty verdict.
Earlier Demjanjuk rejected an offer from judges at the Munich state court to make a final statement ahead of a verdict. Lying in a bed wearing sunglasses and speaking through an interpreter, he replied with a simple "no."
Judges also rejected defense requests to seek more evidence in the trial, which has lasted nearly 18 months.
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