On December 18, the Tashkent prosecutor’s office filed a protest against the appellate court’s decision regarding Akmal Shukurov’s case.
The supervisory board of the Tashkent City Court, consisting of three judges, satisfied the protest of the prosecutor’s office, the decision of the appellate court was overturned, and the decision of the first court was amended.
The court mitigated the conviction under the fraud article, sentencing him to 5 years of correctional labor instead of imprisonment. For causing grievous bodily harm — five years of imprisonment, for hooliganism — three years of imprisonment.
Due to the peculiarities of the Criminal Procedure System with the addition of sentences under several articles of charges, Akmal Shukurov was sentenced to 5 years, 3 months, and 12 days of imprisonment, taking into account the already served sentence and time spent under investigation.
Akmal Shukurov may file a supervisory appeal against the court’s verdict and request a lighter sentence through the Supreme Court.
Recall that on October 24, Akmal Shukurov was found guilty of fraud — he promised his acquaintance to deliver three minibuses for $215 thousand, but ended up 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. He was sentenced to 8 years and 1 month in a general regime colony.
On December 9, the Tashkent appellate court held a hearing at the request of Akmal Shukurov, who remained dissatisfied with the verdict. 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. The second court sentenced Shukurov to 3 years and 3 months of restricted freedom, and he was released right in the courtroom. Following this, the prosecutor’s office filed a protest against the court’s decision.
