Russian court remands case of United Russia deputy who confessed to manslaughter for new trial
Russia’s Kamchatka regional court has remanded for new trial the case of ex-deputy of the Kamchatka regional parliament from the United Russia party (Russian biggest, pro-Putin party - translator’s note) and businessman Igor Redkin, previously sentenced to nine months of restriction of freedom for manslaughter and illegal hunting.
State prosecution complained about procedural irregularities during the previous trial and about the leniency of the appointed punishment.
An Ust-Bolsheretsk district court issued a verdict at the beginning of August. Immediately after the criminal case had been initiated, the man was expelled from the United Russia party.
He said that he had accidentally shot a man while trying to get a bear to leave a landfill located in the village Ozernovskiy of the Ust-Bolsheretsk district. The ex-deputy pleaded guilty.
At first, Redkin was charged with murder, which meant he was facing up to 15 years of imprisonment. However, the investigators later eased the charges to manslaughter. Redkin was also accused of illegal hunting.
