Tyshchenko’s case: People’s Deputy joins hearing online, his defense demands recusal of judge
A preparatory hearing in the case of People's Deputy Mykola Tyshchenko and the victim, former Kraken special forces soldier Dmytro Mazokha, is underway in the Babushkinskyi District Court of Dnipro.
This is reported by Suspilne, Censor.NET informs.
The court is to review the preventive measure for the People's Deputy and collect evidence to reach the merits of the case.
Tyshchenko joined the hearing via video, and his lawyer asked for the judge's recusal. He noted that the judge had violated the rules and that he had warned him the previous time that the People's Deputy would not come to court.
The victim's lawyer, Vitalii Kolomiets, said that the judge's recusal was aimed at delaying the trial. It may be followed by the recusal of the prosecutor.
According to Mazokha, Tyshchenko's personal absence from court proves his guilt, and the situation with his alleged illness is a "show."
The previous time, the defendant Bohdan Pysarenko also asked for the judge's recusal.
Tyshchenko's case
On 20 June, in the city of Dnipro, a group of unidentified people attacked a former Kraken special forces soldier, Dmytro Pavlov (Son), while he was walking with his child. The footage shows that the alleged guards of People`s Deputy Mykola Tyshchenko, with whom Pavlov had a dispute, were involved.
The scandalous video from Dnipro, in which People`s Deputy Mykola Tyshchenko's bodyguards attacked the former military man and illegally detained him, also featured Evelina Andrievska, the assistant of People`s Deputy.
On the morning of 25 June, the SBI reported that People`s Deputy Mykola Tyshchenko had been notified of suspicion over the events in Dnipro on 20 June. The agency said that the People`s Deputy was notified of suspicion of unlawful deprivation of liberty of the victim (part 2 of Article 146 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine).
On Wednesday, 3 July, the Kyiv Court of Appeal decided to keep People`s Deputy Mykola Tyshchenko under round-the-clock house arrest.
