The ECHR recognized the trial of Pichugin unfair

The European Court of Human Rights considered the trial in the case of a former employee of the UKOS Security Service Alexei Pichugin, a life sentenced to organize murders, RIA Novosti reports. In his complaint, Pichugin asked the ECHR to admit that when considering the first case, three articles of the European Convention on Human Rights were violated - prohibition of torture, the right to freedom and personal integrity and the right to fair trial.

The court ruled that Russia violated Pichugin's right to a fair trial. The ECHR decided to recover 9.5 thousand euros from Russia in favor of Pichugin as compensation for non -pecuniary damage and legal costs.

The ECHR, in particular, found that the Russian court unreasonably decided to hold hearings in a closed mode, thereby violating the rights of the applicant. In addition, Pichugin, according to the court, did not give an adequate opportunity to refute the testimony during the process.

The court also partially satisfied Pichugin's claims related to his arrest and detention. According to the ECHR, the arrest of the applicant was legal, however, the consideration of his complaints of detention was protected and ineffective, which violated his right to freedom and personal integrity.

At the same time, the ECHR did not consider it necessary to consider the complaint of Pichugin in terms of Russia's possible violation of the article on the prohibition of torture.

In August 2007, the Moscow City Court sentenced Alexei Pichugin to life imprisonment. During the first hearings, the Prosecutor General’s Office demanded a lifelong imprisonment for Pichugin, but the Moscow City Court sentenced him to 24 years, since he has young children. The verdict did not arrange a side of the prosecution or the side of the defense, and they filed complaints with the Supreme Court. The Prosecutor General’s Office demanded to cancel “too soft”, in her opinion, the verdict, and lawyers insisted on the complete excuse of Pichugin.