Two men jailed for murder of Kazakh Olympic skating medallist

FILE PHOTO: Figure Skating - ISU Grand Prix Rostelecom Cup 2017 - Men's Short Program - Moscow, Russia - October 20, 2017 - Denis Ten of Kazakhstan competes. REUTERS/Alexander Fedorov/File Photo

ALMATY (Reuters) - Two men were jailed for 18 years in Kazakhstan on Thursday for the murder of Denis Ten, the country's first Olympic figure skating medallist, a court spokesman said.

Ten, 25, was stabbed in Almaty in July as he struggled with two men he had caught trying to steal the mirrors on his car, police said.