On December 9, the Tashkent appellate court held a hearing at the request of Akmal Shukurov, who remained dissatisfied with the verdict, Kun reports.
On October 24, Akmal Shukurov was found guilty of fraud — he promised his acquaintance to deliver three minibuses for $215 thousand, ultimately bringing only two and embezzling $191 thousand. Two more charges, hooliganism and causing grievous bodily harm, relate to the high-profile incidents near the Tower Hotel, where Akmal Shukurov beat Boris Avakyan, who fell headfirst on the marble floor and fell into a coma for two weeks, requiring neurosurgical surgery.
After the incident, Akmal Shukurov fled through Kazakhstan, where he was detained by local law enforcement officers and extradited to his homeland for investigation.
On October 24, Akmal Shukurov was sentenced to 8 years and 1 month of imprisonment in a general regime colony. The convict disagreed with this verdict and filed an appeal.
The second court considered the partial admission of guilt, remorse for the committed act, the absence of material and moral claims by the victims, the absence of prior convictions, as well as the victims’ demand to impose a non-custodial sentence on the convicted person as mitigating circumstances.
According to the new sentence, Akmal Shukurov was sentenced to 4 years and 1 month of restriction of freedom, and 263 days spent in custody during the investigation and from the date of the first trial were deducted from the prison sentence, resulting in him having 3 years and 3 months of restriction of freedom to serve. After the hearing, he was released directly from the courtroom.
