The entire stage of examining material evidence has been completed: Prosecutor General on the court hearing in the case of the murder on the funicular
Kyiv • UNN
At today's court hearing in the case of Artem Kosov, accused of murdering a 16-year-old boy on the funicular, material evidence was examined.
At today's court hearing in the case of former State Protection Department employee Artem Kosov, who is accused of the intentional murder of a 16-year-old boy at the capital's funicular station, all material evidence was examined. This was stated by Prosecutor General Ruslan Kravchenko, who personally joined the group of prosecutors supporting the prosecution, as reported by UNN.
At this court hearing, we went through the entire stage of examining material evidence. Also, at the request of the accused's side, an additional expert who conducted the forensic medical examination was interrogated. We interrogated him to establish additional circumstances in this proceeding. And also, at the next hearing, the prosecution will decide on the advisability of appointing an additional comprehensive examination with other examinations.
The next hearing will take place tomorrow, August 21. The accused is planned to be interrogated at it.
The prosecution is satisfied with today's hearing. Because 5 court hearings that were before this hearing did not take place. Therefore, we are going to the logical end… Namely, to satisfy the position of the prosecution – life imprisonment for the accused.
Earlier, UNN reported that at the court, the forensic medical expert stated that the cause of death was a piece of glass that inflicted the main wound to the victim's neck.
Prosecutor General Ruslan Kravchenko stated during the court that, according to witness testimonies, the accused reached for the place where he had a pistol and thus threatened those around him.
Ruslan Kravchenko also tried to find out from the accused whether he really urged the victim to go serve in the army. Kosov refused to confirm that he urged the teenager to go serve in the army.
In addition, the prosecution noted that Kosov's father had contacted the police two weeks before the events due to domestic violence.
Addition
On April 8, 2024, Artem Kosov was notified of suspicion of intentional murder of a teenager. As established by the investigation, the incident occurred at the upper funicular station, which leads to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs building and St. Michael's Golden-Domed Monastery. Kosov, being intoxicated, began to harass a group of teenagers, among whom was Maksym Materukhin. Kosov pushed the 16-year-old boy, and he died from the impact of the fall.
The investigation in the proceeding was conducted by the State Bureau of Investigation, as at the time of the crime, the suspect was serving in the State Protection Department.
On April 9, 2024, Pechersk District Court of Kyiv remanded the law enforcement officer in custody for 60 days, without the right to bail. After that, the preventive measure was extended several times, and currently the accused is in the pre-trial detention center.
On May 5, 2024, DBR employees completed the pre-trial investigation, after which the case materials were handed over to the defense for review.
On May 29, the indictment against former State Protection Department employee Kosov was transferred to the Shevchenkivskyi District Court of the capital. During the investigation, DBR investigators established that the murder of the minor was committed out of hooligan motives, for which he faces life imprisonment.
Kyiv court extended Artem Kosov's preventive measure until October 11 without the right to bail.