Dressing from punishment

The Supreme Court, having examined the appeals of the convicts in the Primorsky Partisan case, canceled the sentences to two defendants in the case - Alexei Nikitin and Vadim Kovtun, who received a long time and 8 years of 2 months of strict regime. This is reported by Interfax. The episodes of the case, sane by these defendants, were sent for a new consideration to the Primorsky Chief. The term of detention of Nikitin and Vadim Kovtun is extended until August 20.

It was previously noted that both of these defendants were not initially mentioned among the “partisans”. Both security officials detained only a few weeks after the arrest of other defendants in the case. In the process in the Primorsky Chief of Chief, only Nikitin and Vadim Kovtun refused to plead guilty to all imputed episodes.

The other four convicts the Supreme Court reduced the deadlines. Alexander Kovtun and Vladimir Ilyutikov were, like Nikitin, sentenced to life sentences in a special regime colony. The appellate court appointed them, respectively, 25 and 24 years of strict regime. The basis for this, the court called the unproven guilt of the "partisans" on several episodes.

The term of Savchenko’s novel was reduced from 25 to 24 strict regime, and Maxim Kirillov from 22 to 19 years of strict regime.

In addition, the Supreme Court sent for a new consideration several civil lawsuits against the convicts that the trial court satisfied.

All six persons involved in the case are residents of the district center Kirovsky. The verdict was sentenced to them on April 28, 2014 , the Judge of the Primorsky Kraisud Dmitry Grishchenko on the basis of the jury verdict.

Five defendants were found guilty of the murder of four alleged drug dealers in the vicinity of Kirovsky in September 2009. The jury called the desire to take the desire to take possession of a large batch of dried hemp. Alexander Kovtun was considered the organizer of this crime, Vadim Kovtun - an accomplice, and Ilyutikov, Kirillov and Nikitin - direct performers.

In addition, the four “partisan” - Alexander Kovtun, Ilyutikov, Kirillov and Savchenko - were found guilty of the murders of two police officers. The first of them was committed in February 2010 on Davydov Street in Vladivostok; Lieutenant Grigory Kovalchuk became the victim. According to the prosecution, Kovalchuk, along with his partner, Sergeant Nikolai Dubovik, tried to check the documents for the car in which the partisans rode. However, they killed the lieutenant, wounded the sergeant and, taking away a service weapon, cartridges and a walkie -talkie, disappeared. Meanwhile, the testimony of the witnesses of the incident are known, according to which bearded men fired at the police, who looked like visitors from the Caucasus.

Partizan was also found guilty of the murder of police sergeant Alexei Karasius on May 27, 2010 in the village of Rakitnaya, Dalnerechensky district of the Territory. The assessors agreed with the version of the prosecution, according to which the defendants in the case attacked the territorial police station, killed crucian carp and took his weapons.

In addition, three partisans - Ilyutikov, Kirillov and Savchenko - were found guilty of shelling the traffic police inspectors on May 29, 2010 on the Spassk -Dalniy -Barfolomeevka highway in the Yakovlevsky district. Alexander Kovtun, who was also charged with this episode, justified the jury.

At the same time, he and Ilyutikov was considered guilty of the wound of two police officers on June 11, 2010, when the security officials were captured by the apartment in Ussuriysk, occupied by the "partisans".

In addition, five defendants - everything except Vadim Kovtun - are found guilty in a number of robberies, thefts and abductions of people. They are considered members of the gang. According to the assessors, Alexander Kovtun was the organizer of the gang, and Ilyutikov, Kirillov, Nikitin and Savchenko - its participants. With Vadim Kovtun, the charges of banditry were removed for unprovenness.

Meanwhile, things under the 209th article of the Criminal Code (banditry) were not excited against the “partisans”, so according to the Code of Criminal Procedure, the investigation on it could not be carried out. Judge Grishchenko, however, during the process did not consider this violation by the basis for returning the case to the prosecutor's office.

The jury justified the "partisans" according to several episodes of theft and robberies. Also, the assessors admitted their guilt in the robbery and arson of the territorial police station at the Bartholomeevka station in the Yakovlevsky district on May 25, 2010.

Alexander Kovtun and Ilyutikov were captured by security forces on June 11, 2010 in Ussuriysk. They, together with two other "partisans" - Alexander Sweet and Andrei Sukhorada - were blocked in an apartment in a three -story residential building. Sweet and Sukhorada died during the assault; According to the official version, they shot themselves. Kirillov and Savchenko were detained by one by one.

The trial of the "partisans" lasted since January 2013. The jury collegium for consideration of the case was formed on the sixth attempt.