Investigators informed the woman that she is suspected of committing a criminal offense, for which she faces up to five years in prison.
According to the law enforcement officers, on August 23 around 20:00, a 37-year-old resident of Lviv was resting in the company of several men on the shore of a reservoir located in the village of Pidbirtsi, Lviv District. She also took her two-year-old daughter there.
Alcohol was drunk in the company, and the mother, being in a drunken state, left the child unattended. Meanwhile, the girl fell from the bank into the water and drowned.
A few hours later, after sobering up, the woman noticed that her daughter was not around and reported her disappearance to the police. Police found the girl’s body in the water not far from the place where the company was resting.
Investigators of the Lviv District Police Department No. 1, under the procedural guidance of the Galician District Prosecutor’s Office, informed the residents of Lviv of the suspicion of committing a criminal offense provided for in Article 166 (Malicious failure to fulfill duties to care for a child or a person for whom guardianship or guardianship has been established ) of the Criminal Code of Ukraine. The sanction of the article provides for punishment – restriction of freedom for a period of two to five years or deprivation of liberty for the same period.
The pre-trial investigation is ongoing.
Communications Department of the Lviv Oblast Police