In Bataysk will be tried two men for attacking a bus driver

In Batai city court of the Rostov region received a criminal case of assault on the bus driver. The defendants, Arthur Golchenko and Egor Zakharov, came from another region.

The conflict occurred on May 23 at the Leningrad Street stop. The driver demanded money for travel from Egor Zakharov and Arthur Golchenko. According to investigators, they refused to pay and got into a fight. One of the attackers struck the driver at least six blows to the head with a phone, the second kicked him in the face, reports Bataskoye time.

After the fight, the men left. The driver doctors found injuries of moderate severity. A case of hooliganism with the use of violence was opened, the prosecutor's office approved the charge and transferred the materials to the court. The defendants face up to seven years in prison.

A preliminary hearing is scheduled for November 12.