The Russian died after the fight, but the jury acquitted the defendant

Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky city court has acquitted a 36-year-old local resident. He was accused of beating a neighbor and a friend of a neighbor, one of whom later died. This was reported in the press service of the court.

According to the investigation, everything happened on the night of April 8, 2026. The neighbor of the defendant drank alcohol with a friend and made noise. The man turned off the lights in their apartment, then went inside and punched a friend of a neighbor several times in the head. The next day he hit his neighbor.

The victim was taken to the hospital a long time later. A month later, he died. The defendant pleaded not guilty.

The case was handled by a jury. They concluded that the investigation did not provide convincing evidence of the man's guilt. Under the article on causing serious harm to health, he was acquitted due to non-involvement in the crime. On the basis of the acquittal of the jury, the defendant was fully acquitted.

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