Kolomoyskyi's request to dismiss the case involving a contract killing was denied
The court denied Ukrainian oligarch Ihor Kolomoyskyi’s motion to be exempted from criminal liability in the case involving the contract killing of lawyer Serhiy Karpenko.
This was reported by Serhiy Leshchenko, a member of the supervisory board of Ukrzaliznytsia.
According to Leshchenko, the decision was made by the Shevchenkivskyi District Court of Kyiv after reviewing Kolomoyskyi’s motion regarding the statute of limitations on the case.
Kolomoisky’s detention has also been extended.
"Now, on April 27, the court will begin hearing the merits of Kolomoyskyi’s case regarding the attempted murder of lawyer Karpenko, in which he is charged as an instigator," Leshchenko wrote.
According to the investigation, Kolomoyskyi ordered the murder of Serhiy Karpenko in 2003 out of personal revenge. The motive was the failure to comply with demands to annul and invalidate the decisions of the general meeting of shareholders of a public joint-stock company. The events took place in Feodosia (Crimea).
Thugs attacked the director of a law firm, beating him and inflicting knife wounds to his vital organs.
Kolomoiskywill remain in pretrial detention until May 1.
Kolomoyskyiclaimed that the expert examination was falsified in a Kyiv court.
As a reminder, on January 21, the next meeting of the Temporary Investigation Commission on the investigation of possible violations of Ukrainian legislation in the areas of defense, anti-corruption policy, and human rights during martial law began at the Kyiv City State Administration building at 36 Khreshchatyk Street.
