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However, after examining these complaints, the Lithuanian Court of Appeal ruled that the 11-year prison sentence imposed on the Martynas S. Šiauliai Regional Court was correct. Therefore, the complaints submitted by both parties were rejected.
It is a rare case in murder cases where the victim requests a lesser punishment for the perpetrator. But in this case, that was exactly the case. Martynas S.’s brother explained in court that the family had forgiven him, so he deserved to be released before he was 11 years old.
Did not explain his behavior
The brutal murder took place in January 2020, on the night of 25-26, in Šiauliai. The body of a man of respectable age was found in his own home.
Forensic experts discovered that the victim, who had previously been pinned to just 10 percent of her working capacity, was repeatedly hit on various parts of her body on a bloody night.
The man had broken ribs, jaw, and vertebrae. He had a broken gut and other injuries. The man who experienced the son’s violence died at the scene.
In court, it was learned that the violence that night was caused by a conflict between the son and the father. The fact that Martynas S. was intoxicated with alcohol also had a significant effect on the cruel behavior.
Two days later, Martynas S. went to the police station with her brother. The man confessed to killing his father.
I wonder if the culprit said he didn’t remember how it all happened. This time he came home from the night bar. Supposedly he went to sleep and found a dead father in the morning.
Martin S. was convicted of killing a family member in a defenseless condition. The victim was beaten on the hands and feet.
The court determined that while disabled, the man could not resist. Therefore, the person was tried for the murder of a defenseless man.
Forensic experts confirmed that due to various injuries, the husband began internal bleeding, respiratory failure. This soon led to the man’s death.
The family forgave
In his appeal, the convict requested to change the sentence of the Šiauliai Regional Court. They requested a reduction in the custodial sentence imposed on him and the annulment of the part of the sentence that recovered 219 euros in favor of the State for legal assistance guaranteed by the State.
In the complaint, the convicted person stated that the length of the custodial sentence was clearly too strict, since he arrived voluntarily and informed the officers about the crime, gave detailed testimony, did not try to evade responsibility, regretted the crime, and sincerely apologized to the victims and their families.
All these circumstances, according to him, allow to conclude that the ends of the punishment can be achieved by imposing a shorter prison sentence.
The same was requested on appeal by the victim’s brother, Martynas S. He pointed out that the prison term imposed on the convict was clearly too strict.
According to his brother, Martynas S. survived long because of the crime, could not explain why he did it, possibly did not even realize his actions, did not evade responsibility, went to the police immediately after the incident, sincerely apologized to his brother. family members.
The man who testified in court said that Martin S. was the man who cared for his father, supported him for the past two years, and loved him very much.
The whole family, according to his brother, forgave Martin S. for his reckless act. It is alleged that the objectives of the sentence can be achieved by imposing a shorter prison term.
However, the court ruled that there was no basis for a lesser sentence, so Martin S. would be required to spend 11 years behind bars. To them another period of half a year was added for a sentence not previously fulfilled.
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