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The former leader of the Lapinai group, who has been in prison for more than 16 years, has not shown in court that he can now be released. The court noted that he did not work at the prison, although he had acquired the qualifications of carpenter and finisher and was studying to be a tailor. In addition, he was sanctioned 21 times (penalties no longer in force), and was promoted four times.
According to the Vilnius Regional Court, the data confirm that the convict did not appear to have behaved only positively during the execution of the custodial sentence.
“Although the sentences imposed on the convicted person are no longer valid, any violation of the established procedure negatively characterizes the convicted person and shows that the convicted person does not try to behave impeccably during sentencing and reveals an ambiguous approach to the corrective measures applied,” she stated. court.
Last week, the Vilnius Regional Court rejected the complaint of the convicted lawyer Romualdas Mikliušas about the non-application of parole to L. Lapinskas through a final and unappealable judgment.
“The conditional release of L. Lapinskas would not maintain the proportionality between the principles of humanity and justice of the punishment, giving priority to the former without the objective basis the end of the punishment would not be achieved,” said judge Arūnas Bartkus.
Initially, on July 15, the convicted man’s complaint was rejected by the Vilnius City District Court. The convict’s lawyer appealed to this court against the decision of the Parole Commission of the Vilnius Correctional Institution not to request the parole of L. Lapinskas.
Convicted of extremely serious crimes
In June 2008, L. Lapinskas, who was 27 years old at the time, was sentenced to 20 years in prison. He was convicted of murder, attempted murder, organization of a criminal organization, as well as bodily injury, torture, violation of public order in a club in the capital, distribution of large quantities of drugs, extortion of assets. The prosecution tried to imprison the man for life.
The convict’s property confiscated by a verdict – 58 thousand. LTL 860 (more than 17 thousand euros).
The man ran an extortion and self-control gang, storing and distributing large quantities of drugs in apartments and rented garages: heroin, cannabis resin, methamphetamine.
The group also illegally acquired and possessed rifles, pistols and explosives of various calibers.
According to officials, the group was formed to distribute drugs in the capital.
On January 20, 2003, the gang members murdered VB in a forest massif near the Vilnius-Ukmergė highway, and on June 26, 2004, in the forest near the Dūkštas-Kernavė highway, Širvintos district, took care of AN
VB was killed on suspicion of providing information about the gang to the police. AN died on suspicion of stealing drugs from a drug outlet.
While serving his sentence in 2015, L. Lapinskas was found guilty of inciting the Lukiškės prison warden to abuse his official position and handing him his mobile phone and SIM card. However, in 2016, the Lithuanian Court of Appeal acquitted him of this.
L. Lapinskas asked the courts to release him prematurely many times, but the courts did not grant any of them. He is sentenced to prison in January 2025.
Damages not yet paid to victims
According to the court ruling, L. Lapinskas and another convict must compensate the relatives of the AN killed by more than 60 thousand. pecuniary and non-pecuniary damage. The condemned were also ordered to compensate other victims of the crimes committed, as well as the State Health Insurance Fund for the treatment of people injured by the gang.
L. Lapinskas’s lawyer stated in the complaint that in order to apply the conditional release, the necessary condition had not been established for the full compensation of the victim. In addition, according to the lawyer, the longer the convict is in the custodial institution, the longer he will not be able to pay the damages, because the work offered in the custodial institution does not ensure the possibility of covering all civil claims.
However, the court noted that prior to his conviction, L. Lapinskas was involved in the distribution of drugs and lacked motivation to work throughout the sentence, thus the court doubted that he would be able to have legal employment while at liberty. .
The Regional Court took note of the Vilnius City District Court’s argument that the convicted person, although he had covered part of the civil claims, still had significant financial obligations, and the convicted person’s behavior in the custodial institution his actions, to look for ways to compensate people for the harm caused by the crime.
From 2010 to the present, after selling the assets of L. Lapinskas from the auction, about 19 thousand. (last time 2014), the debt has not been covered since. This reinforced the conviction of the Supreme Court that L. Lapinskas was not trying to compensate the victims.
