A 40-year-old man was found guilty of domestic violence and willful failure to comply with a restraining order of the court (Article 126-1, Article 390-1 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine) according to the public accusation of the Stryi District Prosecutor’s Office.
He was sentenced to 2 years of imprisonment.
It was established that the accused lived with his ex-wife and her mother in one of the villages of the Skolivska territorial community.
For a long time, the man was unemployed, often abused alcohol and systematically committed domestic violence against women.
In particular, the person involved, being previously convicted of domestic violence, continued to cause conflicts for no reason, insulted and humiliated the victims, intimidated and threatened with physical violence.
The district court issued a restraining order for a period of 6 months. According to which the husband was temporarily forbidden to communicate with, approach and stay at the place of residence of the former mother-in-law.
Despite this, the accused continued to come to the residence of the former mother-in-law, verbally abuse, humiliate and intimidate her. Later, he started living in the victim’s house again.
The pre-trial investigation was carried out by investigators of police department No. 3 of the Stryi district police department of the Main Department of the National Police in the Lviv region.
The court verdict becomes legally binding after the expiry of the appeal period.
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Lviv Regional Prosecutor’s Office