A GERMAN court has convicted an 88-year-old of murdering three Dutch civilians as part of a Nazi hit squad during World War II, capping six decades of efforts to bring the former Waffen SS man to justice.

An 88-year-old man was convicted of murder today for the killing of Dutch civilians during the Second World War as part of a Nazi SS hit squad.

A former member of the Nazi SS on trial for murder today admitted he killed three Dutch civilians during the war.

CONFESSED Nazi hitman Heinrich Boere went on trial yesterday in the western city of Aachen, charged with the 1944 murders of three Dutch civilians in reprisal for partisan attacks.

An 88-year-old former Waffen SS fanatic went on trial today accused of the wartime execution of three civilians in the Netherlands.