In Drogichinsky district, employees of the agricultural organization hid the case of young cattle: what did the court decide?

The prosecutor’s office of the Brest region supported in court the state prosecution in a criminal case against the chief zootechnician, four foremen and three veterinarians of one of the organizations of the agricultural complex of the Drohichinsky district. This was reported in the press service of the Prosecutor General’s office, writes sb.by.

In particular, the chief zootechnics is charged with excess of official powers, the rest - official forgery. As established during the judicial investigation, the chief zootechnician repeatedly gave illegal instructions to the officials of the farm to hide from the record the facts of the death of young cattle.

“For this purpose, knowingly false information was entered into the primary accounting and accounting documents about the alleged sale of young cattle to employees of the farm, in fact discarded as a result of death. As a result, for a year and a half, it was possible to hide the death of 26 animals, the Prosecutor General’s Office noted. The accused pleaded guilty and repented of what they had done. The motive was the desire to avoid responsibility for unproductive disposal of animals, to embellish the situation on dairy farms and in the organization as a whole.”.

Taking into account the evidence presented by the public prosecutor, the Drohichinsky District Court ruled a conviction. The chief zootechnician was sentenced to restriction of freedom without sending him to an open-type correctional institution for a period of 3 years with a fine of 300 basic units ( 13.5 thousand) and deprivation of the right to hold positions related to the performance of organizational, administrative and administrative duties for 5 years.

Brigadiers and veterinarians, on the basis of the principle of individualization of punishment, are assigned various types and terms of punishment in the form of correctional work and restriction of freedom without sending to an open correctional institution.

The sentence has not entered into legal force, can be appealed and appealed.

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