In the Orel region toughened the sentence of a drunken janitor

The Orel regional court reviewed the sentence of the Zavodsky district court of Orel against a 63-year-old local resident. A year ago, a man was convicted of re-driving a car while intoxicated. However, just six months later, he again sat behind the wheel drunk, for which he was sentenced. And the regional court now considered the appeal of the state prosecutor, who considered the verdict too soft.

As established by the court of first instance, in the evening of March 2026, a man working in the regional capital as a janitor and already had a criminal record by that time (part 1 of article 264.1 of the criminal code), again sat behind the wheel intoxicated. The previous sentence – 300 hours of compulsory work with deprivation of the right to drive for 2.5 years – was handed down by the Factory District Court of Orel in September last year. The main sentence of the resident of the region served, and taking into account it was removed on January 31, 2026. However, the additional penalty of deprivation of driving license continued to apply. Despite this, the janitor sat drunk behind the wheel of the Cherie car and got caught by traffic police officers. A new criminal case has been filed against him. The court of first instance appointed him two years of restriction of liberty with deprivation of the right to engage in activities related to driving vehicles for four years.

According to the totality of the sentences, by partially joining the unserved part of the additional sentence according to last year's verdict, he was finally appointed two years of restriction of freedom with deprivation of the right to govern for five years. The foreign car was confiscated into state property.

The prosecutor considered the punishment excessively lenient, pointing out that the man had not formed a respectful attitude to society and the law. The prosecutor asked to appoint 1 year 6 months of forced labor with the retention of 10% of earnings in the state income and deprivation of the right to manage for five years. Servants of Themis agreed with the arguments of the prosecutor's submission.

As a result, the janitor received 1 year 6 months of forced labor with 10% of his salary deducted into the state income.