Investigator and former police officer to be tried in Lviv for creating fake proceedings “for statistics”
Prosecutors of the Lviv Regional Prosecutor’s Office have completed the pre-trial investigation and sent to court indictments against a senior investigator and a former operative of one of the district police departments of the Main National Police of Lviv region.
They are charged with bringing a knowingly innocent person to criminal responsibility, committed by prior conspiracy by a group of persons (part 2 of Article 28 – part 2 of Article 372 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine). The ex-police officer is also charged with forgery in office (Article 366(1) of the Criminal Code of Ukraine).
The investigation established that the defendants organised a scheme to prosecute an innocent person to increase the detection rate.
For this purpose, the police created artificial evidence, namely the protocols of interrogation of witnesses and the victim, as well as the protocol of the investigative experiment. Based on this evidence, the investigator signed a knowingly false notice of suspicion against an innocent man.
Subsequently, on the basis of this fictitious evidence, an indictment against the victim was sent to court.
The detective has now been dismissed from the police.
By a court decision, the senior investigator was removed from his position.
It should be noted that the head of a department of the same police department was also involved in this criminal scheme. The materials against him were separated into separate proceedings and the indictment was sent to court. The trial is ongoing.
The pre-trial investigation was carried out by investigators of the Territorial Department of the State Bureau of Investigation, with operational support provided by the Lviv Department of the State Bureau of Investigation of the National Police.
Note: In accordance with Art. 62 of the Constitution of Ukraine, a person is presumed innocent of committing a crime and shall not be subjected to criminal punishment until his or her guilt is proved in accordance with the law and established by a court verdict of guilty.
Information Policy Department of the Lviv Regional Prosecutor‘s Office