Boston bomber says sorry, admits guilt

NOT everyone believed Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's apology or admission of guilt as a US judge formally sentenced him to death.

Boston bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev has been formally sentenced to death by a US judge.

BOSTON Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev has admitted his guilt as he apologised to his victims for the first time in a highly emotional court hearing where he was formally sentenced to death for the 2013 attacks.

THE US citizen of Chechen descent was sentenced to death on Wednesday on six counts for perpetrating the Boston bombings.