Today, February 23, the Primorsky District Court of Odesa found Sergey Sternenko, who was accused of abducting a person, guilty.
The case concerns the abduction, torture and extortion of Sergei Shcherbych, a deputy of the Comintern district council of the Odesa region.
The court found that Sternenko, as part of an organized group, kidnapped a man and used a weapon against him, although he did not have the right to carry it. At the same time, suffering was caused to the victim. The court considered the fact that Sternenko committed the crime because of the victim's political views as an aggravating circumstance.
Sternenko was sentenced to seven years in prison with confiscation of half of his property.
