Sternenko's self-defense case closed: activist is not charged with premeditated murder

Sternenko's self-defense case closed: activist is not charged with premeditated murder

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Serhiy Sternenko's self-defense case was closed by the Primorskyi Court of Odesa, and he was not found guilty of killing his attacker in 2018.

The case of self-defense of the well-known activist Serhiy Sternenko is closed. The decision was made by the Primorsky Court of Odesa. Sternenko himself reported this  on his Facebook page, UNN reports.

THE CASE OF MY SELF-DEFENSE IS CLOSED! I can't believe it myself, but the relevant decision was made by the Prymorskyi District Court of Odesa. The prosecution did not prove my guilt, there was no intent to kill in my actions.  And there could not be, because I was defending my life during during the third contract attack in 2018 in Odesa.

- Sternenko wrote.

Details

Sternenko was attacked near his home in Odesa in May 2018. in May 2018. According to the investigation, he deliberately killed one of the attackers, but Sternenko himself insisted that he did so in defense of his own life.

Almost five years after the incident, the court ruled that it was not murder, but self-defense.

It was a very difficult path to prove that you had the right to defend yourself when Russian agents, Avakov, and many other creatures like Kiva, Shufrych, Dubinsky, etc.  But we won.  .... I am sure that the person who ordered these attacks will be punished. will be punished.  But this will be a completely different story. It will definitely be.

- Sternenko expressed his conviction.

The activist thanked the public for supporting and publicizing this case

Recall

UNN has been following the case of activist Serhiy Sternenko. Since 2018, at least three attempts at least three attempts have been made on his life since 2018.  The first attack on the activist with a weapon occurred on May 1, 2018. The suspect shot the activist with a non-lethal pistol near his home in Odesa. his home in Odesa. The bullet hit the activist in the neck from behind. On May 24 of the same year another attempt was made on the life of Odesa activist Serhiy Sternenko, one of the of the attackers was killed. Sternenko wounded one of the attackers with a knife, and the other escaped.