The case was initiated on a complaint by the defendant’s defense counsel
Following a final decision by the Supreme Court of Cassation, Martin Trifonov will serve a “life sentence” for the murder of the minor Kristin in the village of Sotirya. The court informed that in the last instance the sentence was changed from “life imprisonment without parole” to “life imprisonment”. The case was initiated on a complaint by the defendant’s defense counsel.
At first instance, Trifonov was convicted of the crime committed two years ago in the village of Sliven. And it was written in the sentence that he deliberately killed little Christine in a way that was especially painful for the victim and with special cruelty. Trifonov was also convicted of attempted rape of the child.
Convicted of the murder of Christine by Sotirya: I ask the court for leniency
The sentence was upheld by a decision of the Burgas Court of Appeal. The Supreme Court judges held that the cassation appeal was well-founded as to the unfairness of the sentence imposed.
According to the supreme magistrates, the appellate court determined the type of sanction after filling in the evidence with sufficient information about what had been done. On the other hand, the general assessment does not give grounds to conclude that the most severe and exceptional punishment imposed on Trifonov is adequate.
Violence and brutality are self-serving, completely unnecessary for breaking the resistance of a 6-year-old child, reads the reasons of the Supreme Court of Cassation. Also, the fact that he served an effective sentence of imprisonment, and only a year later took Christie’s life, shows, according to the court, that he did not overcome the lack of restraint, did not build moral values and continues to disregard the established norms. of behavior.
According to the composition of the Supreme Court of Cassation, a decisive argument in support of the request for the imposition of a lighter sentence is the twenty-one year age of the defendant.
The process of personality degradation has not lasted long enough due to
which is likely to be reversible, the judges are motivated. Unacceptable views and anti-social attitudes were formed in the defendant under the influence of the lack of sufficient educational care at an early age and the absence of a social environment, reads the final decision of the court.
Source: BTA
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