<p> A Siberian court has sanctioned detention of a former police officer suspected to have sexually assaulted and killed 25 women.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The 48-year-old man has been formally accused of murdering three women. The other deaths, which occurred between 1994 and 2000, are currently being investigated, an Angarsk city court said in a press release.<br /><br />The man, who resigned from the police force in 1998, was held in Vladivostok city.<br />The women were aged between 19 and 28, and most of them were believed to be drunk at the time he sexually assaulted and killed them, said police.</p>
<p> A Siberian court has sanctioned detention of a former police officer suspected to have sexually assaulted and killed 25 women.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The 48-year-old man has been formally accused of murdering three women. The other deaths, which occurred between 1994 and 2000, are currently being investigated, an Angarsk city court said in a press release.<br /><br />The man, who resigned from the police force in 1998, was held in Vladivostok city.<br />The women were aged between 19 and 28, and most of them were believed to be drunk at the time he sexually assaulted and killed them, said police.</p>