Fatal accidents in Kharkiv: new details

Suspect in deadly crash Elena Zaitseva will remain in custody for 2 months

According to the decision of the Kyiv district court of Kharkiv suspected of committing 18 October fatal crash victims Elena Zaitseva will remain in custody until the 16th of December, without setting bond.

Suspect in deadly crash Elena Zaitseva will remain in custody for 2 months despite the fact that the lawyer insisted on the need to take into account the state of health of his client.

According to the decision of the Kyiv district court of Kharkiv suspected of committing 18 October fatal crash victims Elena Zaitseva will remain in custody until 16 December 2017, the year without setting bond.

The Prosecutor’s office, insisting on the arrest, noted the likelihood that Zaitsev might abscond from the investigation and influencing a witness who was at the time of the accident in Lexus’e, at the wheel which sat the suspect. The court, in turn, took into account the importance of these arguments. In addition, judges took into account that the suspect has repeatedly violated the traffic regulations.

The court noted that after reporting about the opiates in the analyses Zaitseva, the Prosecutor did not change earlier suspicion. The lawyer, in turn, explained the presence of opiates in blood taking sedatives or medicines that Zaitsev was taken to reduce the pressure.

Protection considered unreasonable suspicions of the Prosecutor. The lawyer had asked to take any measure prisecheniya, in addition to the arrest, arguing that the medical need for the defendant. During the trial, the defendant explained that she is under the care of doctors after the accident that happened 10 years ago.

Alena Zaytseva, who was driving brought down five people cars in Kharkov, refused to comment on the accusations. In the course of the hearing it expressed regret about the incident.

The lawyer has paid attention of judges that the driver of the Volkswagen Touareg also broke the rules. In particular, he “made no attempts to stop and prevent an accident.” Action Zaitseva protection was called “maneuver”, and the driver of the Volkswagen, according to the defense, “should have been allowed to drive the Lexus, who ended the maneuver”.

In turn, the questions of the reporters about that will change if the status of the driver of the Volkswagen from witness to suspect, the investigator said that this can happen only after a number of investigative actions, in particular questioning and additional examinations

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