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Kuryan is accused of killing a neighbor with a shotgun

March 30, 2023

In Kursk, the Industrial District Court held a hearing in a criminal case against a man accused of killing a neighbor with a shotgun.

According to investigators, the incident happened last fall – in September, the joint press service of the regional judicial reports.

The drunk defendant argued with a neighbor, after which he returned home, where he loaded a gun and fired from a second-story window at an opponent who was in the yard. The victim died on the spot.

State prosecutors have asked to find the Kurian guilty and sentence him to 9 years in prison.

The mother and sister of the deceased insisted on 13 years in prison, the recovery of moral damage in the amount of 2 million rubles in favor of each, as well as the costs of burial.

Defendant and Defendant stated that Defendant’s actions were negligent. The court has set the date for the next hearing in this criminal case.

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