The court reduced the sentence for Maxim Ivankin, a defendant in the Network* case who was found guilty of murder in a Ryazan forest.
A lawyer told NeMoskva about this. Alexey Mikhalchik, which represents the interests of parents Ekaterina Levchenko, killed in April 2017 near a Ryazan village Burdocks.
The appellate court reduced the sentence for murder from 18 to 17 years, – Mikhalchik clarified. – This is a rare case where an appeal so radically corrects a verdict handed down based on a jury's decision.
Ivankin's appeal against the verdict was heard in Moscow, at the First Appellate Court of General Jurisdiction. According to Mikhalchik, the judges agreed that Ivankin's involvement in the girl's murder had been proven. However, there was no evidence of her boyfriend's involvement in the murder. Artem Dorofeev - not found.
So far, I can say that the court has not seen evidence of a prior conspiracy between Ivankin and Poltavets, who confessed to Meduza journalists to the murder of Dorofeev, – explained Alexey Mikhalchik. – That is, now, according to the meaning of the sentence, Ivankin and Poltavets killed the young couple at the same time, in the same place, but each acted independently.
The lawyer emphasized that he would be able to more accurately recount the appellate court's reasoning only after reviewing the reasoning behind the verdict. He does not rule out the possibility that the deceased's parents will appeal.
Mikhalchik also suggested that Artem Dorofeev's parents would likely lose their right to recover damages from Maxim Ivankin for their son's death. Ivankin's right to exoneration for the murder charge was recognized.
Defendant's lawyer Konstantin Kartashov He told NeMoskva that he would give a more detailed comment only after receiving the reasoning for the verdict.
Ivankin was not involved in Dorofeev's murder at all, – he recounted the results of today’s meeting.
Let us recall that in January of this year, the jury of the Ryazan Regional Court unanimously recognized Maxim Ivankin was found guilty of a double murder in a Ryazan forest. According to the prosecutor, along with Alexey Poltavets The defendant committed murder to prevent the young people from telling the police about their involvement in drug trafficking and the "terrorist community."
You can find out what the jury relied on when reaching their verdict in material "NotMoscow".