It turned out that the defendant was dependent on his 82-year-old mother. A lawyer spoke out about this and asked for it to be recognised as an attenuating circumstance.
At the preliminary investigation stage, there was no such information. The interrogation of the accused is not provided for in the written submissions of the parties. And the circumstances revealed may affect the final verdict. Therefore, the court decided to return to the judicial investigation.
The hearing will begin today at 14:00 local time in the Blagoveshchensky District Court.
We remind you that the fatal accident occurred on June 14. A car driven by a drunk driver flew onto the sidewalk and ran over nine pedestrians. Five people died and four were injured.
