Djumaev’s defence points to mistake of investigation in his case

Pleadings in court in a case against Said-Mukhammad Djumaev, accused of using violence against law enforcers, have been postponed until August 18. The defence points out that a big mistake has been made in the legal assessment of the young man’s actions at the stage of the preliminary investigation in the case against Said-Mukhammad Djumaev.

The “Caucasian Knot” has reported that Said-Mukhammad Djumaev, an ethnic Chechen living in Moscow, is accused of confronting law enforcers at a protest action in support of oppositionist Alexei Navalny held on January 23.

The consideration of the Said-Mukhammad Djumaev’s case was postponed until August 18, the RAPSI (Russian Agency of Legal and Judicial Information) reported on July 6 with reference to the press service for the Tverskoi Court of Moscow.

The defence opposed three episodes of the accusation, notes Alexander Gofstein, an advocate of Said-Mukhammad Djumaev. “The actions admitted by my client are incorrectly assessed. They are qualified by the aggregate of articles, so he has three episodes against him. We believe the actions that he admits should be qualified under Article 318. Thus, no principle of adding punishments should be applied, because there is nothing to add,” said advocate Alexander Gofstein as quoted by the “Ekho Moskvy” on July 6.

“For us it is quite clear that only one act took place,” said Murad Musaev, an advocate of Said-Mukhammad Djumaev. “These are not three different acts from the point of view of the criminal law. We consider it was a big mistake of the preliminary investigation when the so-called three episodes were singled out."

This article was originally published on the Russian page of 24/7 Internet agency ‘Caucasian Knot’ on July 7, 2021 at 04:04 pm MSK. To access the full text of the article, click here.