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But none of them worked. In particular, thanks to public exposure.
Today the Sviatoshynskyi District Court of Kyiv handed down a sentence to former judge Oleksii Tandyr in the case of the fatal traffic accident — 9 years of imprisonment. The convicted man did not admit his guilt and declined to give a final statement. The Anti-Corruption Center warns that the Tandyr case may not end here, because lengthy appeals lie ahead.
They pointed out several important issues related to the case. First: due to defense motions, more than fifty hearings were canceled; in particular, the lawyers filed over 30 recusals of judges and the prosecutor. The Anti-Corruption Center emphasizes that this strategy is not new and is constantly used during hearings at the High Anti-Corruption Court.
"Because of this the hearings are regularly postponed," the anti-corruption activists explained.
The Anti-Corruption Center recalled that the EU demands adoption of amendments to the Criminal Procedure Code that would prevent procedural abuses during criminal proceedings, yet Kyiv is doing nothing to stop this practice. As a result, there are cases where the accused avoid responsibility.
Second point: nearly a year and a half passed between the fatal traffic accident and Tandyr’s dismissal from his position as a judge. During that entire time he received a "substantial" salary. This became possible due to delays by the High Council of Justice, which at first "dragged" in opening a disciplinary case, and then paused its consideration because one member of the HCJ — judge Valerii Salikhov — lacked time.
"After a series of postponements the HCJ still dismissed Tandyr. But Salikhov, after his term on the HCJ ended, managed to become head of the Council of Judges," the Anti-Corruption Center noted.
Third point: Tandyr tried to avoid punishment by "hiding" in the Territorial Defense Forces. Activists recalled that former head of the State Fiscal Service Roman Nasirov tried to do the same. In both cases publicity helped — the suspects could not be mobilized into the Armed Forces.
"Last year the 'servants' and their satellites tried to cement exemption from punishment by this scheme, but the bill could not be included on the agenda," the Anti-Corruption Center reminded.
Recall that on 26 May 2023 Tandyr, who at the time was head of the Makariv District Court, a few minutes before the start of curfew fatally struck a 22-year-old National Guard serviceman, Vadym Bondarenko, at a checkpoint on Beresteiskyi Avenue at the entrance to Kyiv from the Zhytomyr highway. The National Guardsman died on the spot. Tandyr was detained.
According to the investigation, the former judge tried to falsify an expert examination to avoid confirmation of intoxication at the time of the accident — instead of urine he submitted water and saliva for analysis. And in December of 2023, a few months after the fatal accident, he re-registered some property in his wife’s name and divorced her. That way Tandyr effectively got rid of assets that Bondarenko’s family insisted be frozen — the court was only able to freeze a plot of land and money in the ex-judge’s bank account, and "did not reach" the apartment and the parking space.
In addition, in January this year the European Court of Human Rights found that Tandyr’s prolonged detention without the setting of bail violated his right to liberty and personal security. As a result, the ECHR ordered Ukraine to pay him compensation: 2 100 euros for non-pecuniary damage and 250 euros to cover legal costs.
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