The Pechersky District Court of Kyiv has banned the photo-, video- and audio-recording of the trial of former Ukrainian Interior Minister Yuriy Lutsenko until a verdict is announced.
The court explained its decision by the fact that witnesses would be questioned and that the materials of the criminal case contained secret information, according to NSO.org.ua and Interfax.
Lutsenko and his driver Leonid Prystupliuk were charged with the misappropriation of Hr 360,000 in state property and fraud on Dec. 13, 2010. Lutsenko was also charged with abuse of office.
The former interior minister, who is currently being held in a detention facility, was detained near his home on Dec. 26, 2010.
On Dec. 27, a court ordered his arrest on the grounds that he had been dodging questioning in violation of his written pledge not to leave Kyiv.
