Lawyers voiced the conflicting positions of the victims on the mitigation of punishment to Efremov
Alexander Dobrovinsky, a lawyer for three victims in the case of an accident of actor Mikhail Efremov, said that his clients were against mitigation of punishment. Another lawyer for the victims, Anna Butyrina, said that her clients were not against mitigation of punishment, but on condition of sincere, and not formal, remorse. Earlier, the prosecutor’s office asked to leave the 8-year sentence to the actor in force.
“We are still against replacing the real term with a suspended one, but we agree to change the general regime to a colony-settlement. We leave the term of punishment to the discretion of the court, ”said Ms. Butyrina (quoted by TASS).
“The victims are against mitigation of punishment in any form and agree with the position of the state prosecution,” Mr. Dobrovinsky said. He also said that the victims will not withdraw their claims even after they have received compensation for moral damages. Earlier, the lawyer said that the victims are ready to withdraw their claims if the actor pays compensation for moral damage. The defense of the actor said that on October 21, each victim was transferred 1 million rubles.
On September 8, the Presnensky Court of Moscow sentenced Mikhail Efremov to eight years in prison due to a drunken traffic accident, the victim of which was the courier Sergei Zakharov. Victims in the case are the widow, brother and youngest son of the deceased, their defense filed a lawsuit to recover compensation in the amount of 3 million rubles.
On the development of the case – in the publication of “Kommersant” “Mikhail Efremov switched to cash.”
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