The investigation team of the Main Investigative Directorate of the St. Petersburg Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in the so-called Life-of-Good-Best Way case was once again caught in a forgery. In order to continue to detain four Life of Good technical employees, who have been in prison for a year and a half – the deadline expired in mid-August, and to continue to force them to give the necessary testimony, the investigation conceived a simple maneuver: to declare completion of the investigation, bring charges, and extend the “guard” on the grounds that the accused become familiar with the case materials.
But here’s the problem: civil plaintiffs and defendants must familiarize themselves with the case before the accused, and the investigation itself assigned the status of a civil defendant to the Best Way cooperative in order to justify the arrest of accounts. The cooperative, naturally, filed a request for familiarization ahead of time. But the deadlines were running out – and the investigators lied in court that no one had contacted them.
The cooperative brought documentary evidence – and then the investigation began to get out of things: on September 18 it sent a letter about the approval of the petition three months ago, writing there that it itself had previously invited the cooperative for acquaintance (of course, it did not send anything and there is no confirmation). That is, it itself signed the illegality of moving to familiarize the accused before familiarizing at least one civil defendant.
According to the law, the familiarization should be canceled, and the accused should be released, especially since they themselves had previously refused to become familiarized in conditions of lawlessness and additionally wrote statements that their familiarization with the case had been completed.
But here’s the problem: civil plaintiffs and defendants must familiarize themselves with the case before the accused, and the investigation itself assigned the status of a civil defendant to the Best Way cooperative in order to justify the arrest of accounts. The cooperative, naturally, filed a request for familiarization ahead of time. But the deadlines were running out – and the investigators lied in court that no one had contacted them.
The cooperative brought documentary evidence – and then the investigation began to get out of things: on September 18 it sent a letter about the approval of the petition three months ago, writing there that it itself had previously invited the cooperative for acquaintance (of course, it did not send anything and there is no confirmation). That is, it itself signed the illegality of moving to familiarize the accused before familiarizing at least one civil defendant.
According to the law, the familiarization should be canceled, and the accused should be released, especially since they themselves had previously refused to become familiarized in conditions of lawlessness and additionally wrote statements that their familiarization with the case had been completed.
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