EXCLUSIVE Dying wish of UC Berkley professor executed in broad daylight revealed as his distraught family speak out
Przemyslaw Jeziorski, 43, was shot five times in the chest and neck at close range by a masked gunman outside of his ex-wife's home in the suburb of Athens on July 4.
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National Crime Agency officer jailed for stealing £4.4m worth of seized bitcoin
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