“Former chairman of the Kherson Regional State Administration Vladislav Manger, accused of ordering an attack on the activist Kateryna Gandziuk, which resulted in the death of her, stated that he was intention to mobilize to the Armed Forces – but the court refused.”, – WRITE: www.pravda.com.ua
Source: Hromadske correspondent from the courtroom, lawyer, veteran of the Armed Forces Masi Nayem
Details: Manger’s defenders filed a petition stating that he seeks to conclude a contract with the shooting company of the 129th Separate Mechanized Brigade (A7224). Lawyers have stated that Manger will be able to participate in further meetings in person or online. They also claim that the court can continue the case without its presence, since the issue of strengthening the measure of restraint is not considered.
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“There is an urgent need for replenishment of the troops, Manger has participated in the ATO, has military experience,” said lawyer Alexander Shadrin.
Defense insists that there is no risk of escaping the accused or his impact on witnesses on the front. At the same time, the prosecutors were in doubt by Manger’s participation in the ATO and reminded that he had previously referred to health problems.
During the meeting, Manger himself stated that he has been behind bars for 5 years, while the court continues, while his “duty as a person is to stand for state protection”:
“Today to sit in a warm place, to eat, to sleep – it is impossible for a normal person. I am not guilty. Ready to tomorrow to stand in line.”
At the hearing, the co -co -cooled – former assistant to the deputy of the regional council Alexei Levin also spoke. He stated that Manger “enlisted at freedom, but to war” but those who came to court with a demand of punishment, called “state traitors” if they opposed the court decision.
Levin spoke in Russian, to which he was shouted from the hall: “State language is Ukrainian.”
However, the lawyer Masi Nayem, who was seriously injured on the front, has publicly criticized such an attempt to avoid responsibility. In particular, he stressed that the court considered the opportunity to actually release Manger – a person with a current pre -trial detention measure – to the army, based on a petition filed in violation of the procedure.
Direct Language Nayem: “If the manger is not punished, then the order of murder with the help of the military will be repeated. I will remind that Manger was the organizer, the performer were the former ATOs.
I ask the Armed Forces General Staff to pay attention to it. I ask the Kyiv Court of Appeal to pay attention to the violation.
The army is an honor for the service, not a cover for those who are accused of murder. ”
Details: After consideration, the court refused to grant the request to send Mannger to the army.
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Prehistory:
- In the spring of 2024 Vladislav Manger tried to get to the service of the 126th Brigade of Territorial Defense.
- After public publicity, the brigade itself denied information about its possible mobilization, stating that the place of Mannger was in prison.
- Earlier, Manger had already tried to get to the front – he sent letters to the president. However, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who at the beginning of a full -scale invasion of decrees allowed to join inmate in the country’s protection, Manger refused.
Recall:
- On July 31, 2018, Kherson activist and mayor Kateryna Gandziuk was poured with acid. She died in hospital in 4 months. At first, police qualified a crime as a hooliganism and then called a premeditated murder.
- The sentence was received in the case: executors Nikita Grabchuk, Vladimir Vasyanovich, Vyacheslav Vyshnevsky, Viktor Gorbunov, organizer Sergey Torbin and Assistant MP Mykola Palamarchuk Igor Pavlovsky. The latter was sentenced to conceal the crime.
- The trial of the defendants Vladislav Manger and Alexei Levin lasted more than three years. They denied their guilt.
- On June 26, 2023, the Dniprovsky Court of Kiev declared a sentence in the case of an attack on Kherson activist Kateryna Gandziuk – accused Customer of the attack Vladislav Manger and organizer Alexei Levin (Moskalenko) received 10 years in prison.