The defendants in the case about beating DJ Smash was sentenced to two years in prison
PERM, July 18. /TASS/. The Lenin district court of Perm has sentenced defendants in a criminal case on beating of musician Andrey Shirman (DJ Smash) to two years imprisonment each, the correspondent of TASS from the courtroom.
“Recognize telepneva and Vankevich guilty under paragraphs “g”, “d”, part 2 of article 112 of the criminal code and assign the penalty of imprisonment for two years each with punishment serving in a colony-settlement,” announced the decision of the judge Simonov.
A fight in a bar in Perm, which affected the musician, happened on February 10. Schirman stated that he was attacked by the former Deputy of regional Parliament Alexander Telepnev, who is a master of sports in hand-to-hand combat, and his friend Sergey Vankevich. Hearings on the case started in the district court of Perm on June 29. On 10 July, the court granted the victim’s request to hold a hearing in his absence.
Alexander Telepnev earlier, the court partially admitted guilt, but did not agree with the classification of the charges. He explained that during the incident, accidentally hit a musician who happened to be there. Vankevich the defendant, in his testimony, the court said that was persistent in their desire be photographed with Shirman, thus probably prompting the Shirman.
The Prosecutor considers the guilt of the suspects in the beating of Andrey Shirman and asked to sentence telepneva to three and a half years in a penal colony.