The court has agreed with a motion by state prosecutors about pretrial confinement for Maidan activist Ivan Bubenchyk, but said the notice of suspicion is unconvincing and should be changed.
“Currently, the arguments used in the previous notice of suspicion are not convincing. If they are not convincing for me, as a senior prosecutor, then, please, tell me how we can go to court with them,” Deputy Prosecutor General Anzhela Stryzhevska told journalists on April 5 during a court recess.
Stryzhevsky said Bubenchyk would be served with a new notice of suspicion at 5:00 p.m. on April 6.
The judge agreed with a motion to free the suspect from pretrial detention.
As earlier reported, Bubenchyk was charged with murdering law-enforcement officials in Kyiv on February 20, 2014, as they were carrying out their duty. He was also accused of carrying a firearm and possessing ammunition without permission.
Since Bubenchyk repeatedly refused to comply with orders to appear in court, he was served with a notice of suspicion.
Head of Ukraine’s Prosecutor General’s Office Yuriy Lutsenko on April 4 changed the group of prosecutors in charge of investigating crimes committed in Kyiv during the 2014 Revolution of Dignity, in part because of the handling of Bubenchyk’s case.
Bubenchyk participated in Maidan protests, served as commander of the Zakhid-2 battalion, in Donbas war zone and received state recognition for his service.
