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6,5 years in prison: Appeal upheld verdict for judge from Kropyvnytskyi for a bribe of 10,5 thousand dollars
The Appeals Panel of the High Anti-Corruption Court upheld the guilty verdict that found former judge of the Kropyvnytskyi Court of Appeal Volodymyr Honchar guilty of accepting a bribe of 10.5 thousand dollars.
He was sentenced to 6,5 years of imprisonment with confiscation of all his property.
Also, after serving his sentence he was banned for 3 years from holding positions as a prosecutor, defense attorney, or judge.
As a reminder, according to the prosecution, the judge, through an intermediary, asked to be given 10,5 thousand dollars to change the first-instance court’s verdict and impose a suspended sentence on the person found guilty of a fatal traffic accident.
However, the panel of judges of the Kropyvnytskyi Court of Appeal imposed a custodial sentence on the defendant. Therefore, Honchar had to return part of the funds.
The High Anti-Corruption Court earlier approved a plea agreement with Honchar’s accomplice: he was given 5 years of suspended imprisonment.
❗️Honchar was taken into custody immediately in the courtroom.
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