In Minsk, a foreigner had too much alcohol and made a row. We got the verdict
Sentenced 35-year-old previously unconvicted foreigner, who was accused of violence and threat of violence against a staff member.
A 35-year-old previously unconvicted foreigner was sentenced, who was accused of violence and threat of violence against a police officer in order to hinder his lawful activities, the Central District Prosecutor’s Office told the correspondent of the Minsk-Novosti news agency.
Early in the morning, the fighters of the capital riot police in the city center detained a foreign citizen – he was in a state of strong alcoholic intoxication and was not oriented in space. He was taken to the Central Police Department for further investigation. There, the man began to behave inappropriately and defiantly, did not obey the legitimate demands of employees, threatened them, tried to escape. Moreover, the drunken brawler used violence against the policeman.
Subsequently, a criminal case was instituted against a foreigner for what he had done. He said that he came to Minsk for tourism and had a drink in one of the bars. The defendant explained his illegal actions by the fact that he had never been to the police before and was very afraid, so he decided to escape and run away.
In the court hearing, he fully admitted guilt, sincerely repented of what he had done, paid the victim material compensation for moral damage in the amount of 8,000 BYN.
- The accused has a higher education, he is single, has no children, is employed by the head of the department of one of the foreign research centers, was not previously brought to criminal responsibility, said Andrei Nikolsky, senior assistant prosecutor of the Central District. The court found him guilty of violence and the threat of violence against an employee of the internal affairs bodies in order to obstruct his lawful activities and out of revenge for its implementation, and on the basis of Art. 364 of the Criminal Code imposed a sentence of three months of arrest.
Ah. Nikolsky also recalled that police officers are under the protection of the state and for committing illegal actions against them, the law provides for liability.
