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On January 23, the Kiev Court of Appeal partially satisfied the complaint of the lawyers of businessman Igor Mazepa – he was left in custody until February 27, 2024, while his bail was reduced to UAH 21 million.
Writes about this hromadske.
It is noted that the prosecutor and lawyers filed appeals. The first asked to increase the bail amount to UAH 700 million, and the defense asked to cancel the decision of the Pechersk court.
“At the meeting, Mazepa’s defenders again stated that the suspicion was unfounded, and also that the case should not be investigated by the State Bureau of Investigation, since the State Geocadastre is not a law enforcement agency.
The lawyers also argued that the trial court was biased. They say that the evidence is also the decision made, which was “rewritten out of suspicion.” They asked to cancel it as illegal,” the message says.
When asked by the judges about the justification for the amount of bail requested by the prosecution, the prosecutor replied that the risks and property status of the suspect were taken into account, hromadske adds.
At the same time, according to prosecutors, the ability to pay the bail is ensured by 150 real estate properties, a number of expensive assets and Mazepa’s cars.
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We remind you:
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On the morning of January 19 in the State Bureau of Investigation confirmed detention of Mazepa. The SBI detained businessman Igor Mazepa in the case of illegal privatization of land plots in the Kyiv region – in the case materials Mazepa is indicated as the “customer of the acquisition of the plots.”
On the night of January 21-22, the house of businessman and Concorde Capital founder Igor Mazepa burned down.
Lawyers for businessman Igor Mazepa, who was taken into custody on suspicion of illegal possession of land in the Kiev region, filed an appeal against the decision of the Pechersky District Court of Kiev dated January 19.
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2024-01-23 15:10:04
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