The People’s Deputy together with his comrades clobbered a 29-year-old man into a coma, the victim died without regaining consciousness.
The Mirgorod city district court of the Poltava region found the Deputy of the Mirgorod city council from the “Radical Party” Khachatur Khachatryan guilty of murdering his colleague Oleg Frunoba, People’s Deputy from “Svoboda” party and sentenced him to 10 years in prison.
The sentence was announced on February 19, the press service of the court reports.
Khachatryan’s relative and murder accomplice Levon Mardanian was sentenced to 4 years and 6 months in prison.
The convicted will remain in custody until the sentence enters into legal force.
“Civil claims of the victims, civil plaintiffs are partially satisfied. (It was decided) to collect 34,125.37 hryvnias from the convicted party in favor of the victim – the wife of the deceased – for the compensation of material damage caused by the crime, in favor of the victims – father and mother – 497 thousand hryvnias each as compensation for non-pecuniary damage (moral injury),” the message states.
The court stated that the verdict has not yet entered into legal force and can be appealed.
According to the investigation, Khachatryan organized an attack on Suprunenko. He enlisted several people as accomplices, acquired the murder weapon and found a car for the realization of his criminal plan.
On the night of July 12, 2017, Khachatryan and his accomplices set up an ambush where they waited for the appearance of the “Svoboda” Deputy.
The investigation concluded that Khachatryan was the first to ambush Suprunenko who was riding a bicycle, knocking down a Deputy from a vehicle to the ground. After that, Khachatryan with his relative Mardanyan and the citizen “G” landed multiple hits on the head, torso, and limbs of the victim by using metal objects, their hands, and feet.
As a result of his injuries, Suprunenko died in hospital on August 7, 2017.
The deputy from the “Svoboda” party Oleg Suprunenko was beaten on July 12, 2017, he died on August 7 without regaining consciousness. He was 29 years old.