Former head of Serpukhov district of Moscow region sentenced to another six months in prison

The Domodedovo City Court of the Moscow Region sentenced the former head of the Serpukhov District, Alexander Shestun, to another six months in a maximum security penal colony, finding him guilty of threatening and insulting a judge and employees of the Prosecutor General's Office, TASS reported.

writes A criminal case under three articles: threat or violent actions in connection with the administration of justice (Part 1 of Article 296 of the Criminal Code), insulting a judge (Part 2 of Article 297 of the Criminal Code), and insulting a government official (Article 319 of the Criminal Code). This case was opened in April 2021. According to lawyer Mikhail Trepashkin, the accused partially admitted guilt in insult, but denied guilt in making threats.

initiated According to the investigation, during the consideration of Shestun's criminal case in the Podolsk City Court on December 21 and 25, 2020, he "publicly, in the presence of the media, made insults, threats of murder and causing harm to health." In addition, Shestun allegedly "showed disrespect for the court, expressed in insulting the participants in the trial, and also publicly insulted a bailiff."

SOTA, that Shestun threatened to "beat to death with sticks," "hang by the feet in the square," "put on a stake," and "find the judge, wherever she may be." Also, according to the prosecution, he called the bailiff "scum, a bastard, a Hamburg rooster, and a cattle breeder." Shestun himself claimed that his words were taken out of context, and the linguistic examination was biased.

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The headline and the news itself have been changed. It was previously mistakenly reported that the court sentenced Alexander Shestun to 7 months in prison instead of 6 months. - In December 2020, the Podolsk City Court of the Moscow Region sentenced Alexander Shestun to 15 years in a strict regime penal colony under several criminal articles at once: fraud committed on an especially large scale (Part 4 of Article 159 of the Criminal Code); legalization of funds obtained as a result of a crime (clause "b" of Part 4 of Article 174.1 of the Criminal Code); illegal entrepreneurial activity (Article 289 of the Criminal Code); receiving a bribe on an especially large scale (Part 6 of Article 290 of the Criminal Code). sentenced - The Memorial Human Rights Center considers Shestun's prosecution to be politically motivated, and himself to be , and demands a retrial. considers him a political prisoner