The key facts

  • On June 28 on Maroseyka, three young men staged a traffic accident involving a 16-year-old girl and demanded 10,000 rubles from the driver
  • The two who attacked the traffic police inspector each received two years in a general-regime colony and a fine of 20,000 rubles
  • The girl received 1.5 years suspended

Verdict in the case of the attack on a traffic police inspector

A court has handed down sentences to three staged-accident fraudsters who attacked a traffic police officer in central Moscow in the summer. The incident and the punishment are reported by the Telegram channel 112, which is cited by Gazeta.Ru.

What happened on June 28

According to the 112 channel, on June 28 on Maroseyka Street three young men staged a traffic accident involving a 16-year-old girl and demanded 10,000 rubles from the driver. When the man refused to pay and called the police, two of the youths attacked the traffic police inspector, insulted him and damaged the video recorder on his uniform.

The punishment

The two young men each received two years in a general-regime penal colony and a fine of 20,000 rubles. The girl was sentenced to 1.5 years suspended. Thus, two participants received real prison terms, while the underage participant of the scheme received a suspended sentence.

Related materials

To conclude the piece, Gazeta.Ru recalls other road conflicts: it was previously reported that a fight between drivers in Nizhny Novgorodended in serious injuries — witnesses filmed it on video near gas stations, while the cause of the conflict and the condition of those involved were not disclosed. It was also reported that in Novorossiysk people were brutally beaten over a barrier. These episodes are not connected with the Moscow case and are cited by the outlet as separate incidents.