The prosecution submitted "evidence of guilt" by Skochilenko

On Wednesday, February 15, in the Vasileostrovsky District Court of St. Petersburg the next meeting in the case of Sasha Skochilenko was held. "Paper" visited it and retells what happened in court.

What happened in the courtroom. The consuls of Germany, Switzerland, Sweden, Poland and Norway came to the meeting. Sasha’s friend handed over to representatives of the diplomatic mission to the artist’s book, which she signed in jail.

After the artist was inserted into the courtroom, the bailiffs began to collect passports from the audience to check whether the witnesses in the case were at the meeting. Lawyer Skochilenko Yuri Novolodsky invited the judge to voice witnesses so as not to collect documents.

Later the prosecutor announced a break. After 10 minutes, Novolodsky was made a warning due to the “violation of the regulations”, since he “allows himself to express unacceptable statements to the chairman.” Another warning to the lawyer was given for the fact that he allegedly raised his voice to the judge.

In addition, the artist’s defender said that the judge violated the law when she refused to change the preventive measure and refused to transmit an appeal to the city court. In response to the words of the lawyer, the prosecutor Nikandrov asked to endure another warning to Novolodsky because of the “explanations to the court in the offensive manner”.

To the remark of Sasha’s lawyer that none of the above serves as evidence of guilt, the prosecutor called the lawyer’s behavior “Kloonsky”.

How the meeting ended. Later, the prosecutor asked to complete the consideration of the case, and the judge approved the application for the deposition of the meeting until February 17. Later, the court was banned in the courtroom, and the bailiffs kicked all the media representatives before the court decision.

In a conversation with reporters, Novolodsky said that the prosecutor did not present evidence in Skochilenko. “Our task, despite the deplorable state of justice to fight for those people whose actions are not criminal,” the lawyer added.

Photo: Andrey Bok for "Paper"

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