The woman wanted to separate from her husband, but then the war started in Ukraine, and her focus was on their two sons.
Witness A, as she was identified in Saint John court because of a publication ban, was worried about the country’s mandatory military service for young men. So the family planned to seek temporary shelter in Canada.
“The idea was to protect them from being killed,” she testified, her voice barely above a whisper.
Two years later, the boys, aged 10 and 17, were stabbed to death in their own home by their father.
A jury found Roman Kamyshnyy, 46, guilty last month of two counts of first-degree murder in the deaths of the boys on Jan. 29, 2025.
Saint John police found their bodies inside a barricaded apartment in Millidgeville, in the north end, at 7:18 a.m. that day, responding to a 911 call from the eldest victim.
Publication bans still prohibit naming the victims, identified only as A.B. and C.D., as well as Witness A.
But CBC News can now report all of the relationships involved and tell more fully the tragic story of domestic violence the Crown described as being “driven by vengeance.”
Blames ex-wife
Kamyshnyy maintained he did not remember what happened. He claimed he had started drinking wine and beer in recent months to deal with the stress of his divorce on Nov.
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