Kazan killer Danilevsky was sent for compulsory treatment

A teacher of Kazan university Igor Danilevsky, accused of killing his acquaintance and her mother, will be sent to compulsory psychiatric treatment, Interfax reports with reference to the assistant to the chairman of the Supreme Court of Tataria Natalia Loseva. Women were killed in their own apartment; On the wall in the kitchen, the criminal wrote with blood "Free Pussy Riot".

On Wednesday, the Supreme Court of the region granted the application of the investigation for the forced treatment of Danilevsky. The prosecutor's office supported the request. The lawyer of the accused Shamil Akhmettsafin also stated that his client needed treatment.

The court ruling will enter into force after 10 days. Until that time, the accused will still be kept in jail.

At the end of the treatment of Danilevsky, he was again subjected to psychiatric examination. If the accused is recognized as healthy, then the court will begin consideration of his case on the merits. Otherwise, he will be sent for further treatment.

The application for the sending of Danilevsky to a psychiatric hospital of a specialized type submitted the investigation on April 1 . According to the conclusion of the Complex Commission of the Serbian Institute, "Danilevsky has a temporary mental disorder, which deprives him of the opportunity to currently realize the actual nature and social danger of his actions and lead them."

Danilevsky was detained on August 30, 2012. He admitted that on August 22 he killed his familiar Lily Zaripova and her mother in a state of affect, took money and his debt receipts from the apartment and wrote on the wall the blood "Free Pussy Riot" to direct the investigation on the false trail. The bodies were discovered only after a week. Representatives of the Russian Orthodox Church have liable for the murder of Pussy Riot supporters.

On September 4, Danilevsky abandoned the confession. He told his lawyer that he had given them under the threat of rape. When asked by the lawyer why he did not declare this at the trial as he was suppressed on August 31 in the Vakhitovsky District Court of Kazan, Danilevsky replied that he was very afraid.

According to Danilevsky, on the day of the murder, he really was visiting the dead, and leaving, he noticed two men at the entrance. After some time, he returned, remembering that he wanted to pick up photos. Seeing the dead women, he was frightened and disappeared, the lawyer said.

Danilevsky’s mother told reporters that her son is a “believer” and “could not commit such a crime”. “As a believer, he condemned Pussy Riot and never supported them,” the woman said. Danilevskaya suggested that her son "crossed the road to someone."