The court of appeal postponed consideration of the complaint for the arrest of Ephraim
The court of appeal postponed consideration of the complaint for the arrest of Ephraim
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Also, the prosecution added another 49 pages of documents.
The appellate court of Kiev postponed consideration of the complaint for the arrest of the former Deputy of the Verkhovna Rada Oleksandr Yefremov until 20 December 2016.
Attorneys Ephraim reported that are not familiar with the materials of criminal proceedings, the investigation is Prosecutor’s office completed recently, reports Hromadske.
It is noted that the prosecutors asked for a postponement for further documents protection.
Thus, the court postponed the hearing until December 20, the meeting will take place at 15:00.
The applicant’s lawyer, Ephraim on the extension of detention were rejected. Also, the prosecution added another 49 pages of documents.
August 1, Pechersky district court of Kiev placed Ephraim in custody until 28 September 2016.
Recall that Ephraim has put forward five suspicion, including treason. Earlier, the court extended the term of detention until 22 January 2017 to the former leader of the parliamentary faction of the Party of regions Oleksandr Yefremov, who is suspected of infringement of territorial integrity of Ukraine.
The former head of the party of regions faction accused of funding the so-called “LNR”, the violation of the territorial integrity of Ukraine and theft of property “Luganskugol”.
The defense insisted that Efremov could not influence events in Lugansk in the spring of 2014, and the case against him was based on fabricated data.
Earlier, the lawyer of the former head of fraction of Party of regions Alexander Efremov Evgeniy Solodko announced the opening of the GPU of the new case against his client. The lawyer added that he did not know when and on what basis the case was brought.