Lithuanian on the list of most wanted criminals gets stuck after 13 years of hiding, but justice awaits at liberty

The photo of Evaldas R. was circulated in the British and Lithuanian media in 2013. The English police later published a list of the 17 most wanted foreigners hiding in the country.

By posting the photos, officials hoped to find them sooner and urged the public to report when they saw their faces. At the time, the Lithuanian police said that Evaldas R. was not considered a particularly dangerous person.

The suspect eventually got stuck and was transported to Lithuania this year, where it will become clear whether he actually committed the crime he is accused of.

Interestingly, Evaldas R., who has been in hiding for a long time for a criminal conviction, unlike most refugees, is awaiting his release.

It is true that he is given a sufficiently strict preventive detention measure: for the next 3 months, the man will have to carry hatred, not leave the house from 10 pm until 6 o’clock, and not leave the borders of Alytus County.

Delphi tried to wonder why Evaldas R. gained so much confidence, but couldn’t get answers. Prosecutor Rasa Urbienė, who is handling the case, said that since the fate of the accused is already being decided in the courtroom, she will not provide any comment.

The party turned into a nightmare for a teenager

The story Evaldas R. was forced to interpret began on October 14, 2007. That morning, the frightened mother informed Alytus officials that she had found her 13-year-old daughter naked and possibly raped.

The adolescent interviewed said that she went to the ranch with Evaldas R., much older, where the baptism of Regimantas J. Kūdikis was celebrated. A minor sitting at the booth took a sip of the cider, then someone added champagne.

“After drinking half a glass, I disconnected and I don’t remember anything else,” the girl told officials. – I woke up at night in another house, I was without pants and without pants. I went to take a shower because my face was bloody and my nose was broken ”.

Other participants at the party said the very drunk girl was injured in a fall outside. Then someone put her to bed.

A little later, Regimantas J.’s sister came into the room and saw that Evaldas R. half-naked was next to the teenager, and her brother was lying on the bed next to the bed. The angry woman scolded all three and kicked him out of her house.

Both men drove and carried the teenager to the car because she could not walk alone. Drunk, they drove to the home of Evaldas R.

There he laid the girl on the bed and continued drinking. Here they were received by Evaldas R.’s stepfather with his mother, who angrily threw the two men out of the house, and in the morning the teenage mother told her what had happened.

Regimantas J. was immediately arrested for this crime, and Evaldas R. fled and hid abroad.

Regimantas himself claimed that he had not been raped, but the evidence was unfavorable: his semen was found on the bed. Upon learning of such evidence, he created a version that he had not done anything to the teenager, and only after meeting her in bed with Evaldas R. did he become very excited and began to masturbate.

When the case reached the courtroom, the victim’s mother withdrew her claim and stated that she had no claims against anyone and fired her for the incident. However, the judges did not pay attention to this, nor did they believe Regimantas J.’s story and imprisoned him for more than 5 years for raping a minor.

He wants justice

Regimantas J., who has already served his sentence, suspects today that Evaldas R., who escaped and hid from the police, will escape.

It is suspected that the defendant who was returned to Lithuania after so many years has not even been arrested, although he is responsible for a serious crime.

“I don’t understand, there is some nonsense. I did not hide anywhere, I sat down, and after escaping, now he will flee,

The public will not be able to find out how this case is being handled because it is being ripped apart behind closed doors.

However, the evidence before Evaldas R. is not unequivocal. During the pre-trial investigation, Regimantas J. himself, trying to get rid of the guilt, said that he had only seen a naked friend lying down with a teenager, but did not mention any coercion.

It is true that the officers found on the bedding not only the traces of Regimantas J., but also the DNA of another person. Evaldas R has probably left them.

The law provides prison sentences of 5 to 15 years for raping a minor.