Former pastor sentenced to 3.5 years for setting fire to a Ukrainian church's family home. Ex pastor condenado a 3,5 años por incendiar la casa de una familia de la iglesia ucraniana.

Walter "Theo" Machinski, a former pastor from Nanaimo, was sentenced to 3.5 years in jail for deliberately setting fire to a Ukrainian pastor's family home attached to St. Nicholas Ukrainian Church in Victoria. Walter "Theo" Machinski, un ex pastor de Nanaimo, fue sentenciado a 3.5 años de cárcel por incendiar deliberadamente la casa familiar de un pastor ucraniano adscrito a la Iglesia Ucraniana de San Nicolás en Victoria. The arson occurred in 2022 and resulted in significant damage to the property but no injuries. El incendio provocado ocurrió en 2022 y causó daños significativos a la propiedad, pero no hubo heridos. Machinski pleaded guilty to arson with disregard for human life. Machinski se declaró culpable de incendio premeditado sin respeto por la vida humana.