Romanian Ex General, Sentenced To 15 Yr Jail Term, Filmed In Bucharest Casino - HotNews

According to HotNews, which posted Wednesday morning on its website (hotnews.ro) footage showing Stanculescu playing a machine in a casino in Bucharest, where he spent more than two hours.

HotNews also said the former general, told reporters when he left the casino that his state of health does not impair his ability to gamble.

In October 2008, Romania’s High Court of Justice sentenced Stanculescu to 15 years in prison for aggravated manslaughter during the 1989 revolution that started in the western Romanian city of Timisoara and ultimately led to the fall of the communist regime.

In May 2009, the Bucharest Military Court allowed Stanculescu’s release from prison for one year, on medical grounds. Military prosecutors appealed the ruling and the appeal was supposed to be tried on July 29, but was postponed for September 16, as Stanculescu was not present. His lawyers said at that time that the former general couldn’t stand trial because he was in intensive care in the hospital.

In December 17-20, 1989, security forces fired at civilians, killing 72 people and injuring 253. A woman was run over by a tank in the city and 43 people were severely beaten by security forces.

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