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Shepetivka City Court found the defendants guilty and sentenced them. One of the defendants — 5 years 6 months in prison, the other — imprisonment for 3 years with a probation term.
As a reminder, the incident occurred in August in Shepetivka. The district police department received a report that two young men beat elderly men.
Law enforcement officers established that two young men in a state of intoxication approached the 71-year-old pensioner and his friend, who were sitting on a bench near the local supermarket, and began arguing with them.
During the conflict, the perpetrators insulted the men with obscene words, after which the 21-year-old young man punched the 71-year-old victim twice in the face. At that moment his 19-year-old friend ran up to the pensioner and shoved him in the chest. The man fell onto the paving and injured his face.
The attackers did not stop there. The older one approached the victim again, grabbed him, and threw him over himself onto the pavement. After that the attacker kicked him in the chest.
The 51-year-old acquaintance of the victim tried to stop the conflict and separate the men. However, the young men used force against him as well, causing the victim to fall on the paving and lose consciousness.
The police promptly identified the persons involved in the crime. The older of the attackers had previously been held criminally liable for similar offenses.
Investigators of the Shepetivka district police department, under the procedural guidance of the prosecutor's office, completed the pre-trial investigation and sent to court an indictment under part 3 of art. 296 (Hooliganism committed by a group of persons, connected with resistance to citizens who stopped hooligan actions) and part 1 of art. 122 (Intentional medium-severity bodily injury) of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.
The court found the defendants guilty and sentenced them: the 21-year-old with prior convictions — 5 years 6 months in prison, the 19-year-old — 3 years in prison with a probation term of 1 year 6 months.
Police of the Khmelnytskyi region
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