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The Court of Appeal began hearing the case in public hearing this summer, after almost all parties to the case filed appeals against the Kaunas Regional Court’s decision on April 3.
The Office of the Attorney General of the Nation, which has appealed against the conviction, seeks that the three Bieliauskas cousins accused in this case be sentenced to life imprisonment for the crimes committed.
By judgment of the Court of First Instance, three cousins were found guilty of the murder of I. Strazdauskaitė in Plungė in 2017, two robberies, destruction of property and illegal imprisonment. The court sentenced Leon Bieliauskas to life imprisonment, Karolis Bieliauskas to 17 years and Mantas Bieliauskas to 16 years in prison.
Algimantas Stankevičius from Marijamp and Tomas Zagurskas from Kėdainiai were also convicted in this case. They are punishable by two years and two months and two years in prison, respectively, for participation in theft, illegal possession and use of a firearm.
In a complaint filed with the Court of Appeal, the prosecution requests that T. Zagurskas be sentenced to four years in prison and A. Stankevičius to four years and two months in prison.
The parents, sister and ex-girlfriend of I. Strazdauskaitė, who were recognized as victims in the case, also request to impose maximum penalties on two of the three defendants and impose a total of 400 thousand. compensation for moral damage.
According to Marius Liatukas, the lawyer representing the victims, the guilt of the murder was common to all convicts and the first court incorrectly assessed the amount of non-pecuniary damage.
The Kaunas Regional Court jointly awarded 4,510 euros in material damages to the parents of the murdered girls of the three cousins and 30,000 euros each. 15,000 euros for each moral damage and 15,000 euros for each sister and fiancé of the murdered. for moral damage.
The condemned also filed complaints in the case, they are asking for a reduction in their sentences. Lawyer for K. Bieliauskas, who was sentenced to 17 years in prison, previously said he was trying to acquit his murder defendant and said he admits to all the remaining charges.
An appeal was also received from the convicted relatives.
In March 2017, I. Strazdauskaitė left for Vilnius from his parents’ house in Plungė and unexpectedly disappeared. After a few days of intensive searching, his body was found in the Kėdainiai district.
According to law enforcement, the girl was fatally beaten with a shovel.
It is suspected that the girl’s luxury car became the motive for the crime. According to the data of the case, the defendant, who met in an organized group, was involved in a traffic accident, and when I. Strazdauskaitė got out of the car, she was kidnapped.
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