"For Commissioner Cattani." Relatives and colleagues of the Chechen lawyer demand the resignation of the judge who sentenced him.
Timur Idalov sentenced to 1 year and 11 months of forced labor for threatening the prosecutor.
As he reported in a conversation with “Says NemoskvaA representative of the Idalov family, relatives, and colleagues of the convicted man believe that a number of serious violations were committed during the trial. They are demanding the judge's resignation. Khimkinsky city court Moscow Region Lyudmila Fedorchenko and launched the corresponding petition.
According to a NeMoskva source, the appeal was supported by over 70 lawyers and activists from various regions of Russia.
The criminal case against Idalov was opened in the spring of 2023. According to SOTAVision was based on a remark made seven months ago to Prosecutor Tarasova during a hearing where he was acting as her defense attorney. When the prosecutor tried to exclude him from the case, Idealov told her:Are you Commissioner Cattani? (the chief of the criminal police from the TV series "Octopus" who was killed by the mafia). So they shot him.».
Judge Fedorchenko illegally added revenge motive as an aggravating circumstance to the verdict, even though it was not mentioned in the case file. <…> Despite the presence of lawyers in the case, the court appointed a state defense attorney, whom Idalov repeatedly refused. Thus, depriving him of the right to a defense."," said a family representative.
Despite the fact that the sentence does not include imprisonment, the court decided to keep Idalov in pretrial detention until the sentence comes into force.
This is a gross violation of the law. During his final statement, he became ill and asked for an ambulance, but the judge refused. These are just a few of the violations committed during the case.“,” added the NeMoskva source.
57-year-old Timur Idalov is known for his involvement in a number of high-profile criminal cases. He represented a human rights activist in court. Lev Ponomarev, Marat Kadyrov, who was involved in the case of the ex-governor Khabarovsk Krai Sergey Furgal, defended one of the defendants in the case of the murder of the head of the Center "E" of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Ingushetia Ibrahim Eldzharkiev.
In the early 1990s, Idalov worked briefly in the police. In the 2000s, he was convicted of kidnapping, assaulting a government official, and drug trafficking. He received a total of ten years in prison. The European Court of Human Rights later awarded him compensation for an unfair trial and torture in custody.
In the early 2010s, Idalov shared a cell and was transferred to court with the future creator of the project "Gulagu.net"» Vladimir OsechkinThe latter stated that Idalov conducted a legal interview with a Wagner PMC fighter who had fled to Norway. Andrey Medvedev.