 In July, the parents of 20-year-old Leeds University student Richard Mayne said they could find "no meaning" in his death years after he became one of the youngest passengers killed. During an inquest, Richard's mother, Liz, said: "Richard lived life on the edge, at full throttle, as if he knew he was going to die young and had to fit everything in. "We can find no meaning in Richard's death. Richard Mayne was a Leeds University student from Leicester tragically killed in the crash ( Newsteam) "We can see a randomness but mostly, in the light of the recent conflict and atrocities in Ukraine, a calculated sadistic cruelty that has to do with evil and the opposite of all that Richard stood for and encapsulated - courage, camaraderie, largess, love, optimism and hope." Tragically, unlike several other passengers who died immediately when){kind=link}
All 298 passengers and crew members were killed on July 17, 2014 when the MH17 passenger flight was shot down over eastern Ukraine – which was at the time a scene of fighting between pro-Russian separatists and Ukrainian forces
Two Russians and a Ukrainian have been convicted of murder after downing the Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 more than eight years ago – which killed 10 Brit nationals among hundreds of others.
MH17 was a passenger flight shot down over eastern Ukraine on July 17, 2014, killing all 298 passengers and crew.
At the time, the area was the scene of intense fighting between pro-Russian separatist and Ukrainian forces, the precursor of this year’s conflict.
Moscow denies any involvement or responsibility for MH17’s downing and in 2014 it also denied any presence in Ukraine.