Mistake that costs lives: officials discovered how the painful family tragedy happened

What happened at the auto repair shop in Varėna will be remembered for life not only by the family of the man who worked in the service, but also by the owner of the weapon: a young man who found a hunting rifle decided to leave, and the owner of a legally remigijus K. gun was convicted. Violation of the rules.

The court hearing the criminal case stated that Remigijus K., a former Verėnai convict, had violated the requirements of the Arms and Ammunition Control Act by storing the weapon even in a special warehouse according to the permanent storage location and leave it in the trunk of your car. to take advantage of.

For this crime, the court fined Remigijus K. 2.5 thousand euros and prohibited the use of any firearm for 3 years.

According to the case file, it was discovered that on January 6, at approximately 6 p.m. Remigijus K. to Laisvės st. He drove his car to the Kia Sorento and repaired his car. In his trunk, the driver left his legally owned rifle and smoothbore ammunition. The service worker who found them decided to retire three days later.

It became clear that on the night of January 9, when the missing relatives of the man who worked here broke down the door, Varėniškis, who was working in the service, used a weapon: he was found dead. A rifle belonging to Remigijus K. was found next to him.

A friend of the husband, who had retired, told officials that he had received a friend’s wife’s request for help that night.

“She said she had a bad feeling because the man in the garage probably did something for himself,” said the witness. – Then we went to the rented garage, knocked on the door, asked to open it, but no one answered. We then connected a tow bar to the car and the other end to the door lock and broke the garage door while driving. When I entered the garage, I saw my friend, there was a hunting rifle next to him, I realized that there was a disaster. “

The man told his friend’s wife, who was waiting in the garage, what had happened. “I didn’t let her in,” he said.

A witness could not answer why a friend who worked at an auto repair shop decided to leave.

“He did not complain about any problems, we celebrated the New Year with my family recently, I did not notice anything suspicious, he never spoke of suicide,” said the man.

That same night, police officers contacted Remigijus K., who had left the hunting rifle in the car; After hearing the terrible news, the man immediately realized that a service master could use the rifle that belonged to him.

He said he is a hunter and that he had bought a smooth-barreled rifle a few years ago.

“After the hunt, I put a gun with ammunition in the trunk of my car and covered it with rags, and then decided to drive it to my acquaintance. I suspected that there was a fault in the car’s engine,” Varėniškis said during the interview. – The foreman who inspected the car said the tension bearings had collapsed and the radiator had broken, promising to repair it. I left the ignition key in the car with the alarm panel and waited for me to notice.

According to Remigijus K., the foreman promised to get the job done as soon as possible, and three days later in the morning, he said he would not repair the car today, even though he had promised.

“I understood from the voice that I was intoxicated,” the hunter agreed with the teacher during the conversation that he would wait for knowledge of this before he could pick up the car.

But it did not work: at night it was reported that the teacher is dead.

“So I wondered if I wouldn’t shoot him with my rifle, because only after the call did I remember that after the hunting rifle with ammunition I didn’t put it in the safe and had left it in the trunk of the car,” said Remigijus K.

He admitted that he had violated the law and that such irresponsible behavior had allowed a man working in the service to illegally use a firearm.

“I am very sorry this happened,” said the hunter.

He agreed with the allegations made by prosecutors for violating possession of weapons and ammunition and requested the lightest possible punishment.

“In imposing a punishment, the court follows the general reasons for imposing a punishment: the purpose of the punishment is to detain people from committing criminal offenses, to punish the perpetrator, to deprive and restrict the person’s ability to commit new criminal offenses, to influence in the perpetrators application of the principle of justice, “said the court that heard the criminal case against Remigijus K.

Although prosecutors suggested banning the man in charge from using the weapon for 5 years, the court ruled that this period was too long.

“The data collected in the case shows that the defendant left the gun in the car as a result of forgetting,” said Judge Kęstutis Lukošiūnas. – At the same time, the court evaluates the fact that during the time the car with the gun was left for repair, the defendant had received no knowledge that the service technician had misused the gun that was left in the car and it would not have taken measures to remove the weapon from the car, where it would be reason to consider that the defendant’s conduct is seriously negligent. “

2.5 thousand for the convicted Varėnai. The court allowed payment of Eur’s fine within half a year and decided to turn over the weapon and ammunition to the Police Licensing Service.