Murder on the funicular in Kyiv: man sentenced to life imprisonment files appeal
Kyiv • UNN
The former UDO employee, sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of a young man on the funicular, has filed an appeal.
Artem Kosov, a former UDO employee sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of a 16-year-old boy on the capital's funicular, has appealed the verdict of the Shevchenkivskyi court. This was reported by UNN with reference to the Office of the Prosecutor General.
Details
The Prosecutor General's Office reported that Kosov had appealed the life sentence.
When the appeal will be heard is currently unknown.
Context
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 station of the funicular, 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, who died from the impact of the fall.
On September 22, the Shevchenkivskyi District Court of Kyiv sentenced Artem Kosov to life imprisonment for the murder of Materukhin on the funicular. The prosecution requested the highest penalty for the accused. At that time, Prosecutor General Ruslan Kravchenko stated that the prosecution in the case of the murder of a teenager on the capital's funicular was ready for an appeal.
Addition
Prosecutor General Ruslan Kravchenko expressed an initiative on the need to introduce an alternative-free punishment in the form of life imprisonment for particularly serious crimes against children. He appealed to the law enforcement committee of the Verkhovna Rada with a proposal to support the relevant initiative and introduce such punishment for the murder and rape of children.
Today, life imprisonment is provided for in exceptional cases; mostly, it is about punishment in the form of 15 years of imprisonment, sometimes with the possibility of reducing the term of serving the sentence.
It should be added that the prosecution is actively seeking the most severe sentence - life imprisonment for serious crimes against children.