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Killer of 20-year-old Viciebsk taxi driver was given 23 years in security prison

Vitebsk regional court on June 20 sentenced in high-profile criminal case - the murder in September 2012 Emergency worker Alexei Krasko (pictured), who in their spare time moonlighting as a taxi driver. According to the verdict the judge Valentina buoys accused of the crime 42-year-old unemployed resident of Vitebsk sentenced to 23 years imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony with confiscation of property, said the sector for criminal cases Vitebsk regional court.

The defendant was found guilty on all four charges against him articles of the Criminal Code of Belarus: to claim 12 Part 2 of Art. 139 - "The Assassination of selfish motives," Part 3. 207 - "Robbery", p.2. Art. 295 - "Illicit manufacturing of firearms hunting shotguns," Art. 214 - "Theft of the vehicle." Meetings of the Court in this case were open. The prosecutor Alexei Tolkachev requested to appoint the defendant a sentence of imprisonment for 25 years, lawyer Denis Hawks asked to justify his client for failure to prove his guilt in the murder and robbery. The verdict is not entered, the defendant may exercise its right to file an appeal.

Recall Alexei Krasko murder occurred in the evening September 12, 2012 in Vitebsk. His body with a gunshot wound to the neck was found the morning of September 13 in a taxi parked in the neighborhood South-7. The killer of a young man stole money from his car, mobile phone and GPS-navigator. The crime received a lot of publicity. Help the police in the search for a suspect in the murder of citizens and provided many taxi drivers Vitebsk.

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