On October 4, the Moscow City Court considered the appeal against the sentence of Andrei Kosykh, a defendant in the March 26 Case, and reduced his term of imprisonment by four months - to three years and eight months in a general regime colony. Interfax is about this.
Earlier, the Tverskoy District Court sentenced him to four years in prison for using violence against the police (under Part 1 and Part 2 of Article 318 of the Criminal Code) at a rally on March 26 in Moscow. According to investigators, the young man hit two police officers. Employee Sinegubov - a fist to the head in the helmet. Ensign Gavrilov - “a foot in the area of the neck and lower jaw on the right.” Gavrilov, according to the prosecution, received a closed wound, two abrasions, including on the lips, and a concussion.
sentenced to traumatic brain injury Andrei Kosykh repented of his actions and apologized to the victims. His case was considered in a special manner.
Kosykh has many positive characteristics from colleagues, former teachers, classmates and neighbors. He held events for and donated books to the local library.
orphans, - detained at the March 26 rally in Moscow and also accused of violence against government officials - received actual prison sentences ranging from 8 months to 2.5 years.