The cassation court rejected the mitigation of the sentence for the police colonel for shooting at the car wash in Armavir.

The court in Armavir found police colonel Alexander Grashkov guilty of hooliganism after a scuffle at a car wash, during which the officer used a weapon, sentencing him to one and a half years in a penal colony. The appellate court softened the charge and sentence - Grashkov was to serve only six months of corrective labor for causing harm to health. The cassation court canceled this decision, sending the case for reconsideration.

Head of the criminal investigation department Alexander Grashkov attacked a 19-year-old driver in line for cleaning the interior: he knocked him to the ground and shot him. Initially, the police officer was sentenced to one and a half years in a penal colony for hooliganism, but the regional court decided that this was causing minor harm to health. Grashkov was assigned only six months of corrective labor: the colonel's actions were described as a "retaliatory reaction," reported Kub Mash.

The prosecutor's office and the family of the 19-year-old driver contested the decision.

According to information on the website of the Armavir city court, Grashkov's sentence was handed down on March 27, when the case was considered under the article on hooliganism (part 2 of article 213 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation). The appellate court (Krasnodar Regional Court) reviewed the case on May 29, and the sentence was changed. The cassation court has already considered the case under the article on causing minor harm to health (part 2 of article 115 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation), according to information on the court's website.

The cassation court, having reviewed the complaints of the victim and the prosecutor, canceled the decision of the appellate instance and returned the case for a new hearing in the Krasnodar Regional Court, as indicated in the case file.

The Fourth Cassation Court justified its decision by significant violations of criminal procedural and criminal laws.

In the video that Kub Mash attached to the publication, a scuffle between two men is visible near the trunk of one of the cars. One of the men, getting out of the vehicle, holds an object resembling a firearm in his hand.