“The court sentenced the young men, as a result of whose actions in October 2022, 34-year-old serviceman of the DFTG “Svoboda” Oleksiy Shcherbina died. Source: Kyiv City Prosecutor’s Office, “Ukrainian Pravda” Details: Vyacheslav Viltsanyuk, accused of murder, received 13 years, Ihor Kotyrlo and Leonid Ignatenko, accused of hooliganism, received 3 years of imprisonment each.”, — write: www.pravda.com.ua
The court sentenced the young men, as a result of whose actions in October 2022, 34-year-old serviceman of the DFTG “Svoboda” Oleksiy Shcherbina died.
Source: Kyiv City Prosecutor’s Office, “Ukrainian Pravda”
Details: Vyacheslav Viltsanyuk, accused of murder, received 13 years, Ihor Kotyrlo and Leonid Ignatenko, accused of hooliganism, received 3 years of imprisonment each. The prosecutor’s office notes that they will appeal the specified court verdict in the appeal procedure.
The high-profile crime took place on October 21, 2022 in the Holosiivskyi district of Kyiv.
A dispute arose between the military man who was driving a Hyundai car (Shcherbyna) and the 26-year-old driver of a Lexus regarding the right of way. During the conflict, the passengers of the Lexus beat the victim, and the driver of the car shot the soldier, after which the men left the scene of the incident. The victim died from his injuries on the spot.
Based on the totality of the evidence provided by the prosecution, the prosecutor’s office asked the court to find the Lexus driver guilty of premeditated murder committed for hooligan motives and to sentence him to 15 years in prison. The prosecutor’s office asked for 7 years in prison for the two accused of hooliganism with the use of weapons.
According to the results of the trial, the court found the driver of the Lexus guilty of murder and sentenced him to 13 years in prison, while the accused of hooliganism were sentenced to 3 years in prison.
The defendants will remain in custody until the verdict enters into force.