Ukraine’s Prosecutor General’s Office (PGO) has appealed a ruling by Kyiv’s Shevchenkivsky district court on pretrial detention for Kherson Regional Council Chairman Vladyslav Manger, who is suspected of ordering the murder of Kherson activist Kateryna Gandziuk.
“The PGO has appealed against the court’s decision to elect a measure of restraint to Manger,” PGO Press Secretary Larysa Sarhan said on Twitter on Monday.
As earlier reported on the PGO’s Facebook page, an appeal against the determination of the Shevchenkivsky district court was filed on February 19 in the Kyiv Court of Appeal.
As earlier reported, the court chose a preventive measure in the form of detention until March 3, 2019 (that is, for 16 days), setting bail at UAH 2.497 million. Manger posted bail the same day and was set free.
Manger is suspected of ordering Handziuk’s murder under Part 3 of Article 27, Paragraph 4, Paragraph 6, Paragraph 11, Paragraph 12, Part 2 of Article 115 of Ukraine’s Criminal Code. If convicted, he could face a prison term from 10 years to life imprisonment with confiscation of property.
An unknown person in Kherson on July 31, 2018, doused Handziuk with sulfuric acid. Handziuk died of complications on November 4, 2018.
Manger, a former member of the Batkivschyna Party, suspended his membership in the party in January 2019. He denied all wrongdoing.
