Murder of a teenager on a funicular in Kyiv: court remanded ex-parole officer in custody
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The Kyiv Court of Appeal rejected the appeal of Artem Kosov's lawyers to change the measure of restraint to house arrest. A former parole officer is accused of killing a 16-year-old teenager at a funicular station in Kyiv.
The Kyiv Court of Appeal left Artem Kosov in custody. He is accused of killing a teenager at a funicular station in Kyiv.
This was reported by a journalist of UNN in the Office of the Prosecutor General.
With the participation of prosecutors from the Specialized Defense Prosecutor's Office of the Central Region, the Kyiv Court of Appeal dismissed the appeal of lawyers to change the measure of restraint from custody to house arrest for the accused in the murder of a teenager at a funicular station in the capital
The indictment against the law enforcement officer accused of murder is currently pending in court.
Addendum Addendum
On April 8, law enforcement officer Artem Kosov was notified of suspicion of premeditated murder after he pushed a teenager who fell and died at a funicular station in Kyiv. According to the Zmina Football School, the deceased was their 16-year-old student.
The SBI reported that Kosov pleads not guilty.
On April 9, the Pechersk District Court of Kyiv sent the law enforcement officer to custody for 60 days without the right to be released on bail.
On May 8, it was reported that SBI officers had completed a pre-trial investigation into the tragedy at the funicular station in Kyiv. An employee of the State Protection Department who killed a teenager in a Kyiv funicular faces life imprisonment.
