The court’s criminal order was adopted at the Klaipėda District Court Klaipėda premises.
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49-year-old resident of Gargždai M. P. was found guilty of making a false report about a knowingly non-existent crime.
He was sentenced to 8 months of restriction of liberty and a criminal impact measure – an obligation to participate for 6 months in alcoholism and drug addiction prevention, early intervention, resocialization, or other programs and courses.
Klaipėda district police officers received the report about him on the evening of December 14 last year (Sunday).
At about 19:53, a person allegedly was injured in Gargždai.
While walking home, a 48-year-old man heard a sound very similar to a gunshot and felt pain in his chest.
The man from Gargždai needed medical assistance.
However, he was only slightly injured – after receiving necessary medical care, the man was discharged for outpatient treatment.
Two days later, during a police interrogation, being warned about criminal liability for making a false report about a crime, M. P. gave a statement to the police about the alleged assault, and when questioned as a witness, repeated the same circumstances.
However, during the pre-trial investigation, it was established that these statements did not correspond to reality.
“The accused later admitted that he injured himself while intoxicated with alcohol and handling a pneumatic weapon carelessly at his home.
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He explained that after the shot he threw away the weapon and invented the false story about an attack by an unknown person to conceal the true circumstances of the injury.
During the pre-trial investigation, M. P. fully admitted his guilt and sincerely regretted it,” said Donatas Odinas, assistant to the chairman of the Klaipėda District Court.
The evidence collected in the case, witness testimonies, expert conclusions, and other pre-trial investigation data confirmed that no crime was committed against M. P.
After it was established that the man injured himself, the pre-trial investigation into possible serious health impairment was terminated.
M. P. himself faced criminal liability for making a false report about a knowingly non-existent crime.
According to D. Odinas, when sentencing, the court took into account that the accused admitted to committing the criminal act and sincerely regretted it.
It was also considered that he had a previous conviction, but the conviction has expired, he works under individual activity, and committed the criminal act while intoxicated with alcohol.
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