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Even the strictest pre-trial detention measures for defendants behind bars for several years have been changed to more lenient ones: the top leaders of the “chamber” Aidas Kupčiūnas, Artūras Račkelis and Andrius Obelienius have been released. They have all been in intensive care for half a year; defendants may not leave their homes except to attend court hearings, as well as the documents that are taken from them.
In addition, A. Kupčiūnas paid 50 thousand LTL to the judicial deposit account. EUR, and A. Račkelis and A. Obelienius – 30 thousand euros each. Deposits in euros. They would lose this money if they violated the preventive detention measures imposed by the court.
The court released the defendants from detention because the main provisions of criminal law have disappeared: A. Kupčiūnas, A. Račkelis and A. Obelienius have so far been detained because they are suspected of obstructing the trial and trying to influence witnesses and victims. you can commit new crimes.
Judge Paulius Veršekys, who is presiding over the criminal case, said the main witnesses and victims had been interviewed in the case, as well as anonymous and state-protected witnesses who testified about possible crimes at the Pravieniškės Correctional Center.
The accused have been imprisoned for 4 years, so, according to the judge, if such a situation arises, the probability that the provisions of criminal law and the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms may be raped during prolonged detention.
Although the Pravieniškės Mafia case is sufficiently complex and extensive, neither the complexity of the case nor the large number of participants in the proceedings justify such a long period of detention, and Lithuania could incur liability if it continues to detain the accused. case before the European Court of Human Rights.
“If there is a possibility of imposing lesser preventive detention measures, we must impose them,” said Judge P. Veršekys that, due to objective reasons, the criminal process has been delayed, the court in the Pravieniškės Mafia case has scheduled hearings for one year before.
In the near future, the Vilnius Regional Court will also consider the release of Erlandas Palukaitis, the fourth defendant, who has also been imprisoned for about 4 years.
The Pravieniškės Mafia case is already being examined in court by a second panel of judges: after several dozen witnesses and victims were questioned, two judges were transferred to the Lithuanian Court of Appeal.
Fifteen former and current prisoners and Evaldas Baronėnas, an official of the Criminal Intelligence Division working in Pravieniškės, were prosecuted for crimes committed in Pravieniškės. None of them admit the complaints made.
During the pre-trial investigation, it was established that E. Baronėnas, a criminal intelligence specialist who was obliged to supervise the convicted, went together with the “guests of the chamber”, not only provided them with secret information, he allowed them to trade with drugs, but also provided them. And better than the prisoners living in freedom, he suspected that he controlled the lives of other prisoners for six years: deciding who was going to be “bachuru”, who was “dūchu” or “rooster”, trading drugs, alcohol, telephones and various articles. prohibited without any restriction. .
The inmates of Pravieniškės were beaten not only with specially made metal rods, which they kept in their beds throughout the day, but also with electrical cables. However, they all seemed to agree silently: they were afraid of being crippled or even killed. Because there have already been cases of this type.
All of these unwritten laws in the area were well known to employees of the Pravieniškės Correctional Center, who were supposed to supervise and help convicts recover, but they were usually closed before crimes committed in prison.
In this case, several convicts were acquitted because they agreed to cooperate with law enforcement during the pre-trial investigation and uncovered a series of crimes committed in the area. There are also several classified witnesses in the case: Most of the prisoners in the correctional facility avoided contact with officials for fear of retaliation. Furthermore, according to the unwritten rules of the area, royal “bachurs” are not allowed to communicate with law enforcement agencies, nor are they prohibited from answering questions from officials. And many of those who were sent to serve their sentences wanted to become “blunders” in correctional facilities.
According to data collected during the pre-trial investigation, some inmates even agreed to pay taxes just to live with those who run the prison. However, those convicts were immediately caught: if you had already agreed to pay, you would never be a “bachur”, even if someone from the criminal world in general interceded for you. True “bachurs” never pay, and when they do pay, they can become “dukes” or “roosters” at any time.
In the case of the Pravieniškės Mafia Association, the court explains not only how prisoners were terrorized and trafficked in drugs, but also how a prisoner was killed. He sympathized in 2015. Deimantas Bugavičius, a member of the “Agurkiniai” group, was shot in Kaunas, who with his friend was unofficially leading the group of prisoners at the time. D. Bugavičius in 2012 He suffered a real humiliation when he lost the position of leader: A. Kupčiūnas, a convict of a much lower level in the criminal world, took power from him.
In the eyes of other prisoners, D. Bugavičius, humiliated for a long time, the plan of revenge resounded – although he had lost his authority, a member of the Agurkiniai group was able to unite the prisoners who supported him, who soon fought back and dealt with A. Kupčiūnas, who became a “chamber guest”.
Participants in a criminal organization can face up to fifteen years in prison for the crimes charged and life imprisonment for the organizers and leaders of the association.
About the events in Pravieniškės Delphi Special correspondent Dainius Sinkevičius has published the book Pravieniškės Mafia. Last week, a new book by the author, Police Gods, appeared in bookstores, exploring the links between the criminal world and law enforcement. The exceptional history of police officers is almost 400 pages in the book “Police Gods”, which is already available in bookstores, as well as online at the publisher “Baltos lankos”, the largest online bookstore raamat.lt, perkuknyga.lt and other distribution points.
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