Lawyer-killer got 12 years for attempted murder in 1997

A court in St. Petersburg sentenced a lawyer who in 1997 shot at a man in the front house on Utochkina Street. He was assigned 12 years in a strict regime colony. This was reported in the GSU IC of Russia in the city.

It all happened on October 7, 1997. The man came to the house of his friend on Utochkin Street. In the front room, he waited for the victim, who was climbing the elevator, and shot him at least four times with firearms.

Thinking the victim was dead, the shooter fled. There was a witness who was not injured by accident. He called an ambulance and the man was helped in time. He survived.

At the request of the investigator, the accused was detained. Because of the evidence, he confessed to what he had done. The court found him guilty under the article on attempted murder committed in a generally dangerous way. The punishment is 12 years imprisonment in a strict regime colony.

The lawyer-killer was detained on April 16, 2026. Then it became clear that the conflict arose on the basis of business relations. The criminal case was reclassified as attempted murder.