It's no longer surprising that in our country, you can escape punishment for a crime with good money and the right connections. The case of Kirovohrad prosecutor Anatoly Dushinsky, who caused a fatal traffic accident late last year that killed a 17-year-old boy and then fled the scene, only confirms this bitter truth. Judging by the progress of the trial, they're trying to get the prosecutor off the hook.
As a reminder, the tragedy occurred on October 12th of last year. Around 4:30 a.m., 17-year-old Alexander Bogatyrev was crossing Heroyiv Stalingradu Street in the regional center, near the Kopilka store. A Mitsubishi Pajero, speeding toward the Kirovohrad exit, struck him and fled the scene. It was later discovered that the driver of the expensive SUV was Anatoly Dushinsky, a drunk city prosecutor's office employee.
On October 14, the Leninsky District Court of Kirovohrad ordered the prosecutor's pretrial detention until December 10. The Kirovohrad City Prosecutor's Office then stated that it did not intend to protect its colleague, but rather, given the aggravating circumstances of the case, would insist on the maximum penalty stipulated by the article.
Initially, the injured party's hope that this time the high-ranking official would be held accountable for his actions was justified. On December 9, a court hearing was held to consider the prosecution's motion to extend Dushinsky's pretrial detention for another month. At that time, the prosecutor in charge of the case stated that Dushinsky had hit the victim and driven home, then called other law enforcement officers to find out where his license plate was. During his first interrogation, he even claimed that his father was driving. Although Dushinsky remains in pretrial detention, the case has never reached a verdict. Instead, it has been further investigated.
Dushinsky's defense team believes they have new evidence of their client's innocence, which could destroy all the prosecutor's promises to jail the former prosecutor. Against this backdrop, a recent statement by Anatoly Dushinsky's girlfriend, Diana Antipova, has surfaced regarding the falsification of this evidence, which allegedly indicates that the case against Dushinsky is fabricated.
According to Antipova, in the order appointing a forensic auto-technical examination, which was supposed to determine whether Dushinsky had the technical ability to avoid hitting the pedestrian, Investigator Rokhman posed six questions that focused solely on the driver's actions, but not a single question regarding the pedestrian's actions: how should he have acted in this traffic situation? Did the pedestrian violate traffic regulations by crossing the roadway in an unauthorized area? She believes that since there were two people involved in the accident—the pedestrian and the driver—the expert's questions should be specific to each participant.
Meanwhile, during one of the court hearings, Dushinsky's lawyer, Oleksiy Pilguy, presented the court with the results of an examination by the Odessa Research Institute of Forensic Expertise, according to which the young man apparently stepped onto the roadway almost in front of the car. Thus, the defense is attempting to prove that the deceased threw himself under the wheels of the car, and therefore, Dushinsky is not guilty.
Those in the know will clearly understand that they're trying to hush up the case. After all, any driver knows that the most aggravating circumstances in an accident are alcohol intoxication, and even more so, leaving the scene of an accident. Dushinsky's defense, as they say, hasn't said a word about this.
It's worth noting that at the aforementioned December court hearing, the former prosecutor fully admitted his guilt. He explained his evasion of the scene of Alexei Bogatyrev's death by citing being "in a state of shock," but once home, he realized what he had done and returned fifteen minutes later.
The deceased's sister, Anna, explains the "state of shock" simply: October 11th-12th is Prosecutor's Day, which Dushinsky celebrated at the Velvet club. He then presumably headed to the sauna with his girlfriend (the same Antipova) and several other friends, who later testified that they didn't remember anything, as they were all drunk.
The fact that Dushinsky's final verdict has yet to be handed down inevitably suggests that there is indeed an attempt to falsify the evidence. However, contrary to Diana Antipova's assertions, the case is being twisted not against the former prosecutor, but rather toward his acquittal.
"Prokurorskaya Pravda" has a number of questions for the GPU leadership:
Will the new leadership of the Kirovohrad prosecutor's office have enough arguments to bring Dushinsky's case to its logical conclusion and put him behind bars?
What is the supervisory agency doing these days to prevent drunken crime among its employees? Are they really hiring girls who then "cover up" for them at all levels?
— How long will the principle of impunity and permissiveness for law enforcement officers, which applies not only to road accidents, flourish in the country?
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