The assassin, who received exceptional grace, coveted even more

On two occasions, the convicted M. Ramanauskas, 35, smiles successfully: the Vilnius Correctional Institution, to which the convict is serving his sentence, has decided that a Kaunas resident convicted of a very serious crime can already be set free.

The parole commission stated in its decision that a convict released on parole long before the end of his sentence should be prohibited from leaving the house at night and consuming alcohol and psychoactive substances.

However, the Vilnius judges opposed such a decision by the prison, believing that Mr. Ramanauskas had spent very little time behind bars, despite the fact that the convict had already served half his sentence in April. And its end is only in 2025. in April.

Vilnius City District Court Judge Miroslav Gvozdovičius, who prematurely expressed his disagreement with the probation commission’s decision to release the killer, noted that during the murder case, M. Ramanauskas was “inconsistent in his testimony and denied his guilt, which, in the opinion of the court, demonstrates his desire to avoid criminal liability. “

According to the judge, the efforts of M. Ramanauskas to eliminate the variable criminogenic factors are generally not observed in the prison, in addition, the convicted person compensates the moral damage awarded, but pays only 10 euros per month, although his salary is 555 euros.

“The remaining unpaid part of the damage is 11,680 euros,” the court ruled that Mr. Ramanauskas had not reduced his financial obligations at the time of serving his sentence, although he had a real opportunity to do so.

“METRO.” Ramanauskas has served just over half of the ten years in prison that were imposed on him; According to the district court, in this case it is not possible to rely solely on data that positively characterize the convicted person and completely ignore the purpose of the sentence itself, which would contradict the principle of justice, “emphasized judge M. Gvozdovich.

However, M. Ramanauskas did not agree with this position of the judge and appealed the decision not to approve the decision of the Parole Commission to the Vilnius Regional Court. In his complaint, the convicted person was outraged that the court had evaluated his crime and indicated that “he had already served the required part of the sentence” and that the judge who refused had not even indicated any reason for not granting parole under of the Penitentiary Code.

The prisoner pointed out that the risk of his repeated criminal behavior was low, that he had implemented the measures provided in the individual social rehabilitation plan and that his attitude towards his own previous behavior had changed: “I understood and appreciated the inappropriate aspects of a previous life “.

“I do not agree with the court’s conclusion that I cannot be repaired in isolation from society,” said M. Ramanauskas. – I would like to point out that I am currently in the Vilnius foster home, being without guard conditions, I move freely around the city on pre-established routes all day, on holidays I return home, where I have to spend the night from 10 pm to 6 am. I have no penalties or infractions, I work, I have not been noticed intoxicated by alcohol in a prison or in a rehabilitation center. “

The convicted person also stated that the lawsuit granted in the murder case is paid by himself, although he was also convicted of another murderer, but that he does not pay anything. “If I was released on parole, I could get a better salary and increase the monthly amounts of the sentenced claim,” he said.

However, these statements by M. Ramanauskas did not convince the Vilnius Regional Court, which examined the appeal: Judge Nijolė Žimkienė ruled that the district court sufficiently motivated its decision and based it on objective data from the personal file, without giving any of them too much importance in the evaluation of all.

The court noted that M. Ramanauskas arrived at the Kybartai Correctional Center in 2017. December 19 from the Kaunas Detention Center.

“The prisoner who arrived was generally assigned to the group of prisoners. October 15 he went from the ordinary group to the light group, and as of 2018. November 30 he is serving a custodial sentence in a Vilnius rehabilitation center, working with the right to leave the territory of a penitentiary without guard or escort ”, Said the judge.

According to her, during the sentencing, M. Ramanauskas was encouraged 7 times, but was punished once, for using uncensored words towards officials, but this sentence is no longer valid.

After evaluating the data of the case, the judge pointed out that the convicted person granted the time for serving the sentence in a significant and positive way: “The district court positively values ​​such conduct of the convicted person, but notes that Mr. Ramanauskas behaves as he should behave any person serving a sentence “.

“When deciding on the conditional release of a person from a penitentiary, not only the circumstances that characterize the convicted person are positively valued, but also all the data that describe his personality and reveal changes in behavior, which, in the opinion of the court of the district, they are still insufficient for the probation of Mr. Ramanauskas. correctional institutions “, emphasized Judge N. Žimkienė.

According to her, the defendant has not fulfilled a large part of the sentence: “Given the seriousness of the act for which the convicted M. Ramanauskas is serving, its irreparable consequences, the current application of probation would violate the implementation of the principle of justice “.

Furthermore, the court also emphasized that by assigning only EUR 10 or EUR 20 per month for non-pecuniary damage, the convict does not take sufficiently active measures to reduce his financial obligations.

“The convict’s complaint that the damages were awarded jointly and severally does not change, in the opinion of the court, this conclusion,” the court emphasized.

The ruling also states that “a convicted person may, by serving a sentence at Halfway Home, have the opportunity to work, participate in positive employment programs, strengthen their social skills, adequately prepare for life isolated from society, and persuade the court to get him paroled. mandatory part of the sentence “.

M. Ramanauskas was sentenced together with Kaunas residents Artūras Našatopovs and Ovidijus Vitkevičius; the court has declared that his acquaintance was killed due to the debt of a stranger, inflicting more than 110 blows on him. A. Nashapov was sentenced to the most severe sentence: 17 years, and O. Vitkevičius, 13 years in prison.

According to the file, the execution took place in 2015. in April In the face of inhuman noises and screams that lasted more than an hour, Kauno Kovo 11-osios str. the dorm residents did not respond because they were already used to the constant noise coming from this apartment.

The thirty-year-old man was beaten by hand, kicked, tied with the lid and drum of a washing machine and a broom, stabbed with a fork.

According to forensic experts, the victim remained conscious for most of the execution.

All the defendants, questioned both during the investigation and in court, did everything possible to dismiss at least part of the action by beating the victim, as a result of which he died.

The court determined that the murder was committed by a group of accomplices, when several people act together and are directly involved in the deprivation of the victim’s life, that is, all are the authors of the murder.

“In the court’s opinion, the data is sufficient to support the characteristics of the case, since the totality confirms that the victim was killed by multiple, at least 110 blows, many of them with legs, various objects and jumps on the victim”, the court said. – The death of the victim was not the result of one or more specific injuries, but of injuries as a whole. At the hearing, the expert confirmed that each injury contributed to the victim’s death, each blow aggravated the injuries, causing the body to stop regulating and centrally managing the autonomic nervous system while simultaneously controlling breathing and responding appropriately to shock. The entire body of the victim was injured, the wounds caused the victim to bleed profusely, breaking from the second to the eighth rib, so it can be unequivocally concluded that the victim felt strong physical pain during the injury. “

According to the court, the victim was beaten with great force and all died.

“From the mechanism of the crime, the fact that the victim was kicked, hit with various objects and all the blows were hit in important parts of the body, before death, it must be admitted that the accused perceived the deprivation of life extremely cruel, “the court noted.