Freedom Avenue brawlers did not get off lightly: they asked for lighter sentences but received much harsher ones

Freedom Avenue brawlers did not get off lightly: they asked for lighter sentences but received much harsher ones

In this case last November, the Kaunas District Court sentenced eight convicts – Juozas Minkevičius, Tadas Mučinskas, Karolis Kavaliauskas, Edgaras Rezajevas, Gytis Kukliauskas, Lukas Ščerbinskas, Vitalijus Zakarževskis, Rokas Sipavičius – for minor bodily harm with hooligan motives and public order violation to imprisonment.

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For some, the court postponed the execution of sentences or considered the sentences served due to the time spent in custody and detention.

The harshest one-year imprisonment sentences were imposed on L. Ščerbinskas and V. Zakarževskis, with execution postponed for one year and these convicts ordered to participate in a behavior correction program, not to leave their place of residence, and to work.

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R. Sipavičius and J. Minkevičius were sentenced to 6 months each, Tadas Mučinskas to 5 months, and Karolis Kavaliauskas, Edgaras Rezajevas, and Gytis Kukliauskas to 4 months in prison each.

Appealed

The prosecution and all 8 convicts appealed this verdict. The latter denied the hooligan motives in their appeals.

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