The client was the subject of a criminal trial, in which several charges of particularly serious crimes were brought against him:
- under Part 4 of Article 189 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine – extortion committed by an organised group, with the threat of violence against the victim, restriction of rights, with the threat of murder or infliction of grievous bodily harm, combined with violence dangerous to life or health;
- under part 2 of Article 187 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine – robbery, combined with violence dangerous to the life and health of the person who was attacked, by a group of persons by prior conspiracy;
- under Part 2 of Article 296 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine – hooliganism accompanied by particular audacity committed by a group of persons;
- under part 3 of Article 296 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine – hooliganism accompanied by particular audacity committed by a group of persons, related to resistance to other citizens who stopped hooliganism;
- under part 4 of Article 296 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine – hooliganism accompanied by particular audacity, committed by a group of persons, with the use of firearms;
- under Part 2 of Article 146 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine – kidnapping by a group of persons by prior conspiracy;
- under Part 3 of Article 146 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine – abduction of a person for mercenary purposes with the use of weapons committed by an organised group;
- under Part 1 of Art. 263 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine – carrying, storage, purchase, transfer of firearms without a permit provided by law.
As a result of the trial, the Client was fully acquitted of the charges under Part 2, 3 of Art. 146 and Part 2 of Art. 187 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine and sentenced to 5 years in prison for the totality of other crimes.
7 victims filed appeals, which were rejected by the Court of Appeal, and thus the verdict of the court of first instance remained unchanged.
