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A lawyer of former Interior Minister Yuriy Lutsenko, Ihor Fomin, has said that his client is likely to finish studying the materials of a criminal case opened against him by Apr. 20, 2011.

Lutsenko, who is charged with official misconducts, is currently studying the 45th of a total of 47 volumes of his case, Fomin told Interfax-Ukraine on Friday.

According to the lawyer, the ex-minister believes that he will finish reading the files before Apr. 20.

After Lutsenko completes studying the materials of his case, it will be sent at court.

As reported, Lutsenko has been held in Lukyanivka jail since Dec. 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) of the Criminal Code of Ukraine, and Part 3, Article 364 (the abuse of power and office by a law enforcer, which caused damage to citizens’ rights as protected by the law).

On Jan. 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.