The court sentenced Mikhail Galyashkin to a year of suspended imprisonment

The Tverskoy District Court of Moscow found teenager Mikhail Galyashkin, accused of spraying pepper gas during a rally on June 12, guilty of using violence against a policeman (Article 318 of the Criminal Code) and sentenced him to one year of suspended imprisonment. About this writes "MBH-media".

On February 28, during the debate of the parties, the prosecutor requested a year and a half in prison for the teenager. During the previous meeting, the lawyer petitioned to replace the punishment with a court fine, but the court refused this petition. Judicial fine - a measure provided for by Art. 25.1 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, according to which the court has the right to terminate a criminal case if the accused compensates for the damage or "otherwise makes amends for the harm caused by the crime."

At the same time, it became known that the investigating authorities refused to open a case on the use of violence by the police during the arrest of Mikhail Galyashkin.

During the interview of witnesses in December 2017, many of them testified that they had not personally seen the student spray pepper spray at that time.

• You can read about the beginning of the trial against Mikhail Galyashkin in the OVD-Info material “Potato sprout and big uncle: the trial of a teenager for the events of June 12 has begun.”
• Galyashkin was detained at a rally against corruption on June 12, when he was 17 years old. Later, he was charged with the use of violence against a law enforcement officer (part 1 of article 318 of the Criminal Code). According to investigators, Galyashkin sprayed gas from a pepper spray into the National Guard, causing him a “chemical burn to the eyes” in order to prevent the “legal actions of a representative of the authorities.”
• Actions against corruption were held on June 12 in 154 cities of Russia. Unlawful detentions and beatings of participants by the police were recorded at the actions. got into the police department More than 1769 people . In 46 police departments, at least 109 serious violations of the law were committed by officers.