Russian Supreme Court dismisses appeal against life imprisonment sentence to man, convicted for mass murder in Stavropol

On August 16, the verdict to Roman Gubarev, convicted by the Stavropol Regional Court for the murder of 8 persons in Stavropol, entered into legal force. This was reported by the General Prosecutor's Office of the Russian Federation.

On April 26, in Stavropol, Roman Gubarev was sentenced to life imprisonment and a fine of one million roubles. At that time, the lawyer Vladimir Naiko reported that at the courtroom, Roman Gubarev refused his final speech, finding "no sense in that", since "at the trial, nobody granted or considered all his statements." The lawyer of the convicted man refused to defend his client further. The convicted man challenged the verdict.

Inna Gubareva, the spouse of the defendant, has reported that the interests of her husband will be defended by another lawyer. Roman Gubarev himself told journalists at trial that he had actually been in the place of the crime; however, he did not kill anyone, the RIA "Novosti" reports.

On August 16, the Judicial Chamber for Criminal Cases of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation concluded its consideration of the criminal case against Roman Gubarev. In accordance with the position of the representative of the General Prosecutor's Office of the Russian Federation, the verdict to him was left unchanged and entered into legal force, the statement on the website of the General Prosecutor's Office of the Russian Federation reports.