5 thousand are assigned to him. Fine in EUR, the executor must pay it within four months.
Judge Eugenijuša Jaglinskis announced that E. Dragūnas’ guilt due to resistance has been fully proven.
E. Dragūnas was acquitted under article 138 of the penal code, which provides for liability for minor damage to health.
Compensation was also awarded to injured policemen and their workplace.
“I’m innocent,” E. told reporters on his way to the courtroom. Dragoon. He said he was in the mood to be convicted.
The verdict is not final and can still be appealed to the Vilnius District Court.
In August 2020, E. Dragūnas is accused in the criminal case of injuring two Vilnius policemen during an arrest in central Vilnius, on Upės Street, stopped for driving a Bentley car while using the telephone. They used not only physical force against the offender, but also tear gas and handcuffs.
Subsequently, E. Dragūnas was fined 60 euros for using the phone while driving.
The wounded officers asked the executor to assign him about 12 thousand. EUR.
According to the case, officer Livijus Saukevičius suffered an arm injury after being kicked by E. Dragūnas and was unable to work for a long time, another policeman Vitalijs Vaitkevičius couldn’t exercise for a while after football.
Viačeslav Burneika, the Vilnius County Police Representative in this trial, told SNB that the job paid over 20,000 to police officers who were injured in the incident with E. Dragūnas. EUR. This amount was requested by E. Dragūnas.
Delphi Recalls that during the court hearing held in May of this year, videos displayed show how police arrest a driver for using his phone while driving.
“So, can’t I hold the phone in my hand while I’m driving?” E. Dragūnas then wondered.
The police told him that the driver must not perform extraneous actions, he must keep his hands on the wheel.
“What have I done to you? You yourself are drunk”, – the voice of E. Dragūnas is heard in the recording, so he replied to the words of the policemen on the behavior of the drivers.
The policemen involved in the arrest wondered if the driver was under the influence. Later, she yelled at the cop that he “he wasn’t an animal”, even though he had to protect people.
According to the records, the police informed the police station that they arrested E. Dragūnas for violating traffic rules, resisted, kicked and injured officers, the incident was filmed.
On the spot the sobriety of E. Dragūnas was checked, the alcohol meter did not detect drunkenness. Because, according to the police, the driver was behaving inappropriately, he was taken to an addiction treatment center. E. Dragūnas’ visit to this center was also filmed.
During the court break, the former SEL artist suggested that the police should quit their jobs, because sooner or later people will be affected.
“When cops swear, I release it. They were also drinking at a time when they had to hold the wheel with two hands, were not wearing seat belts and were using the phone, “E. Dragūnas told LNK.
It is not permitted to publish, cite or otherwise reproduce the information of the SNB news agency in the public media and on websites without the written consent of UAB “BNS”.
