In a Moscow courtroom, a former civil servant shot himself before the judge’s pronouncement. This was confirmed by the spokeswoman for the Chertanowski district court, Uljana Solopowa, of the Interfax agency.
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The former prison officer is said to have extorted ten million rubles (about 144,000 euros) from a colleague. For this he was sentenced to three years in prison.
According to illustration of the court now it has to be clarified how the man could bring a gun into the room. Criminalists are investigating the case. Security measures in Russian courts are actually high, including metal detectors and uniformed security guards.
The man is said to have been in Chernobyl in 1986
The ex-civil servant, according to his lawyer Grigori Ivanischtschew, was released under strict conditions due to severe cancer. As a result, he always claimed his innocence. The man said the court did not consider exonerating evidence, such as sound recordings.
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The former head of the Russian prison fleet is said to have blackmailed the deputy head of the agency a few years ago. The background is still unclear.
Like other government agencies, the prison service is in Russia reputed to be corrupt. At the same time, human rights defenders repeatedly complain of arbitrary judgments by the Russian judiciary and the buyability of judges.
The defendant ‘s lawyer said his client was after the Nuclear disaster in Chernobyl 1986 one of those helpers who was seconded to repair the damage. Accordingly, the man shot himself with a pistol, which he had received as an award for exemplary service.
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