District Court – Vratsa refused a lighter sentence to a man accused of participating in an organized crime group for drug distribution : Konkurent.bg

26/04/2024 16:51

District Court – Vratsa refused a lighter measure of remand than “detention in custody” for a man accused of participating in an organized crime group for drug distribution

Today, the Vračan District Court dismissed with no respect the request of the accused K.I. to change the remand measure imposed on him by the same court and executed against him “detention in custody” to a lighter one. He has been brought as a defendant by the District Prosecutor’s Office – Vratsa for the fact that from an unspecified date in 2020 until January 25 in the city of Vratsa he participated in an organized criminal group with the aim of distributing narcotic substances, and nine other people participate in this criminal group . For this crime, the legislator provided a penalty of “imprisonment” from 3 to 10 years.

The remand measure “detention in custody” in relation to K.I. was taken by the District Court – Vratsa with a ruling from January 26 and was confirmed by the Court of Appeal – Sofia with a ruling from February 8.

During the consideration of this private criminal case, the District Court – Vratsa, after reviewing the materials of the case and discussing the arguments of the parties, found that the request of the accused K.I. and his defense to amend the measure of refusal to “detain in custody” in a lighter is unfounded. The court found that three months and one day have passed since the imposition of the procedural coercion measure, and in this case the maximum detention period provided for in the provision is eight months and it has not expired. And at the present moment, there is a well-founded suspicion of possible complicity of K.I. in the act for which he was charged. The court considers that in this case there is still a real, not a hypothetical, danger that the accused will commit a crime. The prerequisites for taking the most severe measure of non-divergence against K.I. continue to be present at the present moment. The proceedings in the case are proceeding within reasonable time limits, as is the detention of the accused, it is also stated in the reasons of the court.

The decision of the District Court – Vratsa is not final and can be appealed and protested within the statutory period before the Court of Appeal – Sofia.

We remind you that the Vračan District Court, with its rulings from March of this year, disregarded the request of two more of the defendants for the same crime – A.Y. and Z.I. – to amend the measure of remand imposed on them “detention in custody’ in a lighter.