Former deputy head of the Ministry of Emergencies of Kuban received 14.5 years in prison in the case of assassination attempts

The Proletarian District Court of Rostov-on-Don sentenced the former deputy head of the Ministry of Emergency Situations for the Krasnodar Territory Sergey Simonenko to 14 years and six months in a strict regime colony in the case of organizing two attempted murders. This is reported by TASS with reference to a correspondent from the courtroom.

“Appoint Simonenko 14 years 6 months in a strict regime colony with the deprivation of the special rank of colonel of internal service,” the judge said.

The second defendant, the former head of the Seversky District Supervision Department of the Krasnodar Territory Melko Dzhemo, received 11 years and six months in a maximum-security colony for inciting and abetting in preparation for murder. He was also deprived of the special rank of lieutenant colonel of the internal service. Both defendants pleaded not guilty.

RBC appealed for comment to the Proletarian district court of Rostov-on-Don, as well as lawyers Gennady Grigoriev and Roman Mishin.

Simonenko was accused of two episodes of attempted murder of a person in a helpless state, as well as of organizing preparations for murder by a group of persons for hire out of selfish motives (Article 105 of the Criminal Code).