SBI completes investigation into judge who, while intoxicated, ran over a serviceman to death at a checkpoint in Kyiv (VIDEO)

The State Bureau of Investigation has completed a pre-trial investigation into a judge who caused a fatal road accident at a checkpoint in Kyiv while driving a car. The accident killed a 23-year-old serviceman of the National Guard of Ukraine. The criminal case file is currently open for review by the defence.

In total, 18 examinations were conducted during the investigation, including forensic, chemical, technical and other examinations. As the judge has special professional knowledge, methods and extensive judicial practice in dealing with road safety offences, he attempted to distort the contents of the biological samples during the collection of the samples in order to conceal the state of intoxication.

Nevertheless, forensic examinations confirmed the alcohol content of the samples provided. The state of intoxication was also confirmed by the conclusions of other examinations. According to the results of automotive, trace and technical examinations, violations of traffic rules, failure to comply with road signs and significant speeding at the time of the collision were proved.

The judge is suspected of violating the rules of road safety while being intoxicated, which caused the death of the victim (Part 3 of Article 286-1 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine).

The sanction of the article provides for punishment in the form of imprisonment for up to 10 years.

The case is under the supervision of the Kyiv City Prosecutor's Office.

On 26 May, around midnight, a judge driving a car hit a member of the National Guard of Ukraine. As a result of the accident, the National Guard member died on the spot from his injuries.

The judge was detained. He refused to be tested for intoxication in a healthcare facility.

A forensic psychological examination confirmed that the judge was intoxicated at the time of the accident.