Kyiv Court of Appeals will consider an appeal by Ukraine's former Interior Minister Yuriy Lutsenko against the extension of his arrest on Friday, February 25, his lawyer says.
Lutsenko’s lawyer Ihor Fomin told Interfax-Ukraine on Wednesday that on Friday at 1000 the court would consider Lutsenko’s appeal against a ruling of Pechersk Court of Kyiv on the extension of the former minister’s arrest until April 26.
As reported, Lutsenko has been held in Lukyanivka jail since December 26, 2010. He was charged under Part 5, Article 191 (the large-scale embezzlement of state property through the abuse of office, under a preliminary collusion by a group of individuals), Part 3, Article 365 (the abuse of office, which led to grave consequences), and Part 3, Article 364 (the abuse of power and office by a law enforcer, which caused damage to citizens’ rights protected by the law) of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.
On January 28, the pre-trail investigation into the criminal case against Lutsenko and three more former officials of the ministry evaluated the damage caused by them to the state at over Hr 970,000.
On February 16, Pechersk District Court of Kyiv extended the former minister’s arrest by two more months, until April 26.
