The ECHR posthumously awarded 15.3 thousand euros to a judge acquitted of murdering his wife

The ECHR ordered the Russian authorities to pay 15.3 thousand euros to the ex-judge of the Primorsky District Court of St. Petersburg, Vladimir Kazakov, who was acquitted in the murder of his first wife, reports Business FM . Kazakov filed the claim back in 2008, but in October 2011 he died in an accident.

According to Kazakov's lawyer Dmitry Agranovsky, the decision was published in early May. The money will be received by the judge's widow Marina Kazakova, who is his successor.

“The Strasbourg court recognized that Kazakov was subjected to inhumane treatment in custody. The court also agreed with the defense’s arguments that the defendant’s arrest was illegally extended, and appeals to extend the preventive measure were considered untimely,” the lawyer said.

Agranovsky added that Kazakov spent 3 years, 2 months and 4 days in prison.

Vladimir Kazakov filed the lawsuit back in 2008. In October 2011, he died in an accident on the 172nd kilometer of the St. Petersburg-Pskov highway. His second wife Marina was in the car with him; she survived.

According to Business FM , Kazakov became famous after the assassination attempt in June 2005. Then he worked as a judge of the Primorsky District Court of St. Petersburg. During the sentencing of four police officers, one of them detonated a grenade in the courtroom when he heard that he had been given three years. The explosion killed a convoy employee, and the one who threw the grenade had his arm torn off. Another 10 people, including Kazakov, were injured; The judge was also shell-shocked. Later that year, Kazakov's car was shot at.

In 2006, he was accused of murdering his first wife Vera Kazakova. The body of Kazakov’s ex-wife was found in December 2006 in a forest belt; she was stabbed to death. In April 2010, the jury of the St. Petersburg City Court acquitted the former judge. On September 15, 2010, the Supreme Court of Russia upheld the verdict.

After this, Kazakov filed a claim for compensation of 20 million rubles for property damage that was caused to him as a result of criminal prosecution, but did not live to see it considered.