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The appeal court has begun hearing the case of former judge Petryk, in which the statutes of limitations expire already on 1 December
The Appeals Chamber of the High Anti-Corruption Court has begun reviewing the verdict concerning former judge of the Kyiv Administrative Court of Appeal Ihor Petryk.
In July the HACC found him guilty of receiving a bribe of 5 thousand dollars for a favorable court decision and sentenced him to 7 years of imprisonment.
The appeal is being heard by judges Andrii Nykyforov, Oleh Pavlyshyn, and Danyila Chornenko.
The verdict was handed down back on 9 July. The defense filed an appeal on 14 August, but did not add copies of the complaint for the other parties to the proceedings. The court gave him an additional 15 days to remedy the defects, which he corrected only two weeks later.
Given that the period for bringing Petryk to liability expires on 1 December, such actions by the defense appear to be an attempt to delay the proceedings and buy time.
At the beginning of September the court scheduled the case for hearing, but the first session was then set only for today, 13 October.
During nearly three hours the panel did not move on to hear the appeals on the merits due to motions for re-examination of evidence and other submissions by the parties.
At the same time, the court refused to relax Petryk’s preventive measure — he will remain in custody.
❗️Less than two months remain until the statute of limitations expires. So now the main question is whether the appeal will manage to put an end to the case by 1 December.
The hearing will continue tomorrow, 14 October, at 9:00.
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