Irkutsk: Police were sentenced in the case of torture of a witness

The Kirovsky District Court of Irkutsk today sentenced former police officers Alexander Krivoshein, Maxim Circular and Sergey Tarasov. They were found guilty of the torture of the witness of the murder of Sergei Strunchinsky. The court appointed Krivoshein four years in colony of general regime, a circular - three and a half years, with serving a penalty in a general regime colony, and Tarasov - three years conditionally, said the correspondent of Siberia. Reali from the courtroom.

Although the state prosecutor, given all the softening circumstances (the presence of children, diseases and others), asked to attract all the defendants to real terms. Tarasov give 5 years in prison, circular - 5.5 years in prison, and Krivoshein - 6 years in prison.

The judge read the verdict for almost three hours. And before that, the defendants made the last word. Sergei Tarasov said that he worked for 26 years in a law enforcement system and there were no complaints about him. Alexander Krivoshein said that he stipulated himself under the pressure of the employees of the USB, and no one beat Strugenchinsky, there are no traces and guns of the crime. The performance of Maxim circular was very emotional. He accused the human rights activists of converting the facts, he and his comrades stipulated him and now, becoming a civilian, he feels a persecuted state and does not feel safe.

An hour before the meeting, relatives and friends of the defendants held a picket in the square in front of the circus building, about two hundred meters from the court building. They kept posters with the inscriptions: “Criminals to prison! Opera to work!”, “Let the professionals work! Do not defeat the honor of officers!”

Sergey Strunchinsky himself is not alive. He was found killed in April 2016. Sister Sergei Marina Ustimova became a victim in this case. The investigation of the criminal case of the murder of Sergei Strunchinsky is suspended.

The convicts have ten days to appeal the sentence. They will use this right or not is not yet known. But the victim Marina Ufimova and her representatives in court stated that they would appeal the verdict, as they consider him too soft.

“It was necessary to impose a more strict punishment, given the high degree of danger of such a crime. At the exit from the court, we were already threatened, regardless of the fact that journalists and employees of the bailiff service are here. I believe that people endowed with power should be punished more strictly,” said human rights activist Svyatoslav Khromenkov.

Alexander Krivoshein, Maxim Clot and Sergey Tarasov was accused of beating Sergei Strunchinsky in September 2015. Then he was a witness in the case of the murder of a local resident Eduard Zhdanov. His brother Anton was suspected of this crime. At first, Sergei testified against his brother, but then he abandoned his words. The relatives of Sergei are sure that it was for the change in the testimony that these three operatives beat him in the police department.

The medical examination that Sergey passed at night after the incident recorded a closed fracture of the ankle of the left ankle joint, damage to the head, torso, upper and lower extremities. He said to his sister Marina that the police beat him on the head and body with a bat and a stick, poured boiling water on their heads, put on a bag on their heads, jumped on their feet.

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