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The Moscow City Court sentenced former police...

Yevsyukov was found guilty of all charges, except for "illegal possession of arms."

His defense lawyers said they would appeal the sentence.

The random shooting by the former head of a Moscow police station sparked nationwide outrage and prompted the dismissals of a number of top police officials in the Russian capital.

Yevsyukov shot a female cashier when he began firing in a supermarket after an argument with his wife at a party, and also fatally wounded a taxi driver just before. He was also charged with attempted murder of 20 other people in the store and of police officers who tried to detain him.

Yevsyukov, who has been found completely sane and competent to stand trial after a psychiatric examination, partly admitted his guilt.

The prosecutor said he had pleaded guilty to the killing shown on the video tape taken from the supermarket"s surveillance cameras and claimed he could not remember the rest.

Investigators said Yevsyukov fired

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