Court acquits persecutors of 72-year-old Maidan activist Mykola Pasichnyk - journalist
The Dniprovskyi District Court of Kyiv acquitted the defendants in the case of Maidan activist Mykola Pasichnyk, who was sent to a detention centre after being beaten during the Revolution of Dignity.
This was reported on Facebook by journalist Danylo Mokryk, Censor.NET reports.
"Today, the Dniprovskyi District Court of Kyiv, represented by Judge Inna Omelian, has fully acquitted those who in 2014 persecuted and sent to a pre-trial detention centre a 72-year-old participant in the Revolution of Dignity, Mykola Pasichnyk, from Vinnytsia region, who was beaten," the statement said.
These are the then Deputy Prosecutor of the Obolon district Ilona Kluhe, investigator Vitalii Matiusha and prosecutor Andrii Saichuk.
"Mykola Pasichnyk did not live to see the verdict. He died in 2020 at the age of 78. Prosecutor Andrii Saychuk died in 2019. Vitalii Matiusha continues to work in the police in Kyiv," the journalist added.
What is known about the Maidan activist Mykola Pasichnyk
Mykola Pasichnyk was detained for allegedly 'organising mass disorder' on January 22, 2014. On January 25, he was arrested for 2 months, and a few days later, the measure of restraint was changed to house arrest. The investigation into the case was later completed. All the materials were transferred to the Obolonskyi Court of Kyiv.
The Anti-Corruption Action Centre previously reported that the Obolonskyi District Court "failed to start considering the charges against law enforcement officers who falsified the Pasichnyk case for a year. The court spent several months considering the recusal of the judge in the case, and the hearings were scheduled once a month.
The Pasichnyk lived in Ladyzhyn, Vinnytsia region. He suffered from the actions of security forces at the age of 72.
On 26 March 2020, Mykola Pasichnyk died at the age of 78.
A photo of him being led around Kyiv by security forces with a bloody head during the Revolution of Dignity was spread by Ukrainian and foreign media, which showed the events of those days.
