A Kaunas resident who spilled a bucket of feces on his wife’s head heard a court verdict

Pouring a bucket of feces on his head, he escaped

“A case was examined in the Kaunas Chamber of the Kaunas District Court, in which J. Biržiška, who had dumped a bucket of feces, found the victim guilty of disturbing public order,” we announced in the court report.

According to the case, the convicted on January 21 of this year. At approximately 6.30 pm, being in a public place – in the parking lot near the company building, in Kaunas, in front of other people, with an arrogant behavior – running from the back of the victim SB and putting a bucket of feces in the head, thus damaging SB’s clothes and causing property damage, he showed disrespect to those around him and disrupted the seriousness and order of society, then dropped the bucket and fled.

He announced his reasons by email.

The verdict noted that putting a bucket of feces on the victim’s head was arrogant behavior.

However, the defendant was charged with another violation of public order – vandalism – because the convict’s conduct was not directed at property of cultural, historical or other public social value, nor was his action directed at damaging the property of others.

The convicted person admitted his guilt from the moment of committing the act, informed the other colleagues of the victim by email, but gave the court different reasons for his behavior: he wanted to show that the victim was worth a bucket of slurry and his place among the slurry; he felt humiliated as a man and that was the main reason for his actions; wanted to protect the family, and only declared his regret in court for his actions, constantly claiming that “the victim“ caused further harm to his family ”, so the court did not recognize this as a mitigating circumstance for J Biržiška.

The court ordered him to work without pay

Although the convicted J. Biržiška stated that he did not intend to disturb or disturb public order and seriousness, his defender also adopted that position, but nevertheless, when requesting the acquittal of the accused, he indicated that his actions showed signs of a crime classified in Administrative Offenses Code. .

The court recognized this as a defensive version, which was refuted by the evidence in the case: testimony of the victim and witnesses, video, email written by the defendant and other written evidence, “said the court.

For the crime committed, the court sentenced J. Biržiška to 10 months in prison, forcing him to work 135 hours free of charge within 9 months from the effective date of the sentence in health care institutions, assistance and social welfare or in non-governmental organizations that serve the disabled, the elderly or other people in need. less than 15 hours a month.

The victim was not seriously affected and was irritated for several days.

The court fully satisfied the victim’s civil claim for property damage and awarded the convicted J. Biržiška € 580 for property damage and € 550.00 for court costs.

However, the court noted in the ruling, “that the action did not last long, there were no significant and irreversible consequences of the incident, the victim did not seek medical attention or psychological help, but felt skin irritation for several days. <..> he returned to normal life ”, hence the victim’s claim of 1 thousand. A civil claim for compensation for non-pecuniary damage was partially addressed and 300 euros were awarded to the defendants, ”the Kaunas District Court, which examined the case, reported in the report.

The sentence can be appealed to the Kaunas Regional Court within twenty days from the date of its pronouncement by filing an appeal through the Kaunas Chamber of the Kaunas District Court.