The Supreme court reduced the sentence of Sebastini, pardoned by Putin
The Supreme court of Russia has softened a sentence to the inhabitant of Sochi Oksana, Sebastini, convicted on charges of treason for sms on military equipment on the border with Abkhazia, sent in 2008. The term reduced from seven to three years in prison. Previously, she was pardoned by President Vladimir Putin.
The Supreme court agreed to change the sentence of the Krasnodar regional court of 3 March 2016, under which the woman was convicted under article 275 of the Russian criminal code on treason, reports from the court correspondent of Russian service Bi-bi-si.
According to the court, Sebastiai should serve in the colonies for seven years, and only three years. However, last week President Putin signed the decree about its pardon. Therefore, to serve his sentence, it will not.
The meeting was held behind closed doors because the case is marked “top secret”
Following the meeting it was announced the decision of the court. From this it follows that the rest of the sentence unchanged. To leave it unchanged asked the Prosecutor, said the lawyer, Sebastiai Ivan Pavlov.
The case of Sebastini the Supreme court considered the complaint of protection, which sought the restoration of time appeal against sentence the court of Krasnodar. The court agreed with this requirement, and then considered the appeal on the sentence itself.
March 12, Sebastini was released from the detention center “Lefortovo”. It happened after 7 March, the President signed the corresponding decree. Sebastini, after liberation, refused to communicate with the press.
On the eve of the session of the Supreme court attorney Pavlov has informed on his page in Facebook that Sewaside wrote a petition for pardon in February under the dictation of the head of the SIZO “Lefortovo”.
According to the lawyer Pavlov, head of the detention center said, Sewaside “that the President promised to look into the case, so you need to write a petition for pardon.” After that, Sebastiai allegedly under dictation, wrote a pardon, which he pleaded guilty, expressed remorse and that “relies on the mercy of the high officials.”
Sebastini on Wednesday said that he wrote the pardon application itself, though under the dictation of the head of the detention center. “It was my decision,” she said.
The question of the fate of Sebastini asked Putin at the annual press conference in December. He called the sentence, Sewaside “tough enough” but added that he did not know the details of the case. Later, his press Secretary Dmitry Peskov said in response to the question of the Russian service Bi-bi-si said that the President continues to “deal” with the case of Sebastini.
Oksana, Sewaside year ago was sentenced to seven years in prison for treason. In 2008, she sent a friend from Georgia for FREE on the next in the direction of Abkhazia tanks. According to investigators, he shared the information with the Georgian special services.
The preliminary investigation and in the trial court a woman pleaded guilty, but later after a change of lawyer declared his innocence. Protection Sewaside insists that she did not disclose state secrets.