{"id":18715,"date":"2023-06-13T00:21:11","date_gmt":"2023-06-12T21:21:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ldn.org.ua\/?post_type=success-story&#038;p=18715"},"modified":"2023-06-13T00:21:12","modified_gmt":"2023-06-12T21:21:12","slug":"three-statements-and-one-sudden-criminal-proceeding-the-police-detained-and-isolated-a-domestic-abuser","status":"publish","type":"success-story","link":"https:\/\/ldn.org.ua\/en\/success-story\/three-statements-and-one-sudden-criminal-proceeding-the-police-detained-and-isolated-a-domestic-abuser\/","title":{"rendered":"Three statements and one &#8220;sudden&#8221; criminal proceeding: the police detained and isolated a domestic abuser"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<p><strong><em>Courage to confront\r\ndomestic violence by openly declaring it, as well as the professional help of\r\nlawyers of the <\/em><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/trykutnyk\"><strong><em>Kolomyia (Ivano-Frankivsk\r\noblast) NGO &#8220;Triangle&#8221;<\/em><\/strong><\/a><strong><em> are the components of\r\nthis story. Thanks to them and the public outcry, the police opened criminal\r\nproceedings for the beating and arrested the offender.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Oksana* is an IDP from\r\nthe city of Energodar (Zaporizhzhia oblast). Her son is currently defending\r\nUkraine in the ranks of the Armed Forces, and the woman lives with her husband\r\nin Kolomyia. This is not the first time she has turned to NGO &#8220;Triangle&#8221;.\r\nThis time, a sad event brought her to the lawyers: Oksana was severely beaten\r\nby some man, who had signs of a mentally ill person.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>As a result of the\r\nbrutal beating, the woman received numerous bruises on her face and body, as\r\nthe man beat her with his hands and feet, she has a broken nose and a\r\nconcussion.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>The woman said that she\r\npreviously submitted a statement to the police, where the document was\r\nregistered as a complaint, so Oksana did not receive an extract from the\r\nUnified Register of Pretrial Investigations, and criminal proceedings were not\r\nopened.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-circle-mask\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ldn.org.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/kolesnyk_inna-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16802\" width=\"269\" height=\"269\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ldn.org.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/kolesnyk_inna.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ldn.org.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/kolesnyk_inna-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ldn.org.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/kolesnyk_inna-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/ldn.org.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/kolesnyk_inna-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ldn.org.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/kolesnyk_inna-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/ldn.org.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/kolesnyk_inna-240x240.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 269px) 100vw, 269px\" \/><figcaption> <em>Inna Kolesnyk \u2013 the lawyer of the NGO \u201cTriangle\u201d (Kolomyia, Ivano-Frankivsk oblast).<\/em> <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<ul><li><em>There\r\nwas only half a day left to appeal the inaction of the police at the time of\r\nthe appeal, as the woman had no idea that there were certain deadlines. Our\r\nlawyers drew up and sent a corresponding complaint to the court. The fact is\r\nthat the duty of the investigator or prosecutor does not require evaluation by\r\nthe subjects of such a statement (message) for the presence of signs of a\r\ncriminal offense. This is necessary in order to perform a procedural action,\r\nwhich consists in entering information about a criminal offense into the\r\nUnified Register of Pretrial Investigations. The above is confirmed by the\r\nimperative provisions of the fourth part of Article 214 of the <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/zakon.rada.gov.ua\/laws\/show\/4651-17#Text\"><em>Criminal Procedure Code of\r\nUkraine<\/em><\/a><em>,\r\naccording to which refusal to accept and register a statement or notification\r\nof a criminal offense is not allowed, <\/em>&#8211;\r\nexplains the lawyer of the organization Inna Kolesnyk.<\/li><\/ul>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>The lawyers studied the\r\nsituation and realized that Oksana had submitted not one, but three such\r\nstatements. But none received proper action from the police. At the same time,\r\nOksana&#8217;s story gained publicity on the pages of local social networks.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Lawyer\u2019s comment<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>In accordance with\r\nsubparagraph 1 of paragraph 3 of section I of the Provisions, the entry of\r\ninformation into the Unified Register of Pretrial Investigations is carried out\r\nin the following terms:<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<ol><li>Statements, notification of a committed\r\ncriminal offense \u2014 immediately, but no later than 24 hours after the submission\r\nof a statement, notification of a committed criminal offense or after\r\nindependent discovery by the investigator, prosecutor from any source of\r\ncircumstances that may indicate the commission of a criminal offense (part one\r\nof Article 214 of the Criminal Procedure Code of Ukraine).<\/li><li>In the event of the introduction of martial\r\nlaw and if there is no technical possibility of access to the Unified Register\r\nof Pretrial Investigations, the decision to initiate a pretrial investigation\r\nis made by the inquirer, investigator, and prosecutor, on which a corresponding\r\nresolution is issued, which must contain the information provided for in part\r\nfive of Article 214 of this Code. <\/li><\/ol>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>In urgent cases, an\r\ninspection of the scene of the incident may be conducted before the\r\ninvestigator, investigator, or prosecutor issues a decision on the initiation\r\nof a pre-trial investigation (the decision is taken immediately after the\r\ninspection is completed).<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Information to be entered\r\ninto the Unified Register of Pretrial Investigations shall be entered into it\r\nas soon as possible, and procedural actions during criminal proceedings shall\r\nbe recorded in relevant procedural documents, as well as by means of technical\r\nmeans of recording criminal proceedings, except in cases where recording by\r\nmeans of technical means impossible for technical reasons.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>If it is not possible\r\nto draw up procedural documents about the progress and results of investigative\r\n(search) actions or other procedural actions, the recording is carried out by\r\navailable technical means with the subsequent drawing up of a corresponding\r\nprotocol no later than seventy-two hours after the completion of such\r\ninvestigative (search) actions or relevant procedural actions (Article 615 of\r\nthe Criminal Procedure Code of Ukraine).<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<ul><li>Information on the appointment of an\r\ninvestigator, inquirer (authorized person of another unit), procedural manager,\r\nadmission to proceedings (upon actual receipt of criminal proceedings\r\nmaterials) is urgent.<\/li><\/ul>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>The day after the\r\nlawyers sent the complaint to the court, suddenly, without waiting for its\r\nconsideration, the police opened criminal proceedings under part 1 of article\r\n125 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine \u2014 intentional slight bodily harm.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<ul><li><em>It\r\nis worth noting that the possible punishment under this article is a fine of up\r\nto fifty tax-free minimum incomes of citizens or community service for a period\r\nof up to two hundred hours, or correctional work for a period of up to one\r\nyear. In case of reclassification of actions, the punishment may be increased.\r\nTherefore, it is still too early to say that the matter has been resolved.\r\nHowever, after publicity on social networks, the case acquired a high-profile\r\nstatus, and a person who is currently a danger was detained and sent to a\r\nspecial medical facility, at least for the duration of the pre-trial\r\ninvestigation, <\/em>says Inna Kolesnyk.<\/li><\/ul>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>The lawyer also\r\nemphasizes that it was thanks to Oksana&#8217;s bravery and her willingness to openly\r\ntalk about the attack that the case became public. Lawyers of the NGO\r\n&#8220;Triangle&#8221; and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/vulykzmistiv\">&#8220;Vulyk Zmistiv&#8221;\r\n(Beehive of Meanings)** social initiative<\/a> are\r\nmonitoring this case and promise that they will demand a fair punishment.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>* <em>Name has been changed for ethical reasons.<\/em><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>**<em>The social initiative \u201cVulyk Zmistiv\u201d (Beehive of Meanings) is being\r\nimplemented with the support of the Legal Development Network in three\r\ncommunities of Ivano-Frankivsk, Lviv, and Vinnytsia oblasts. All of them help\r\nIDPs to find a new home or at least a temporary shelter, solve urgent housing\r\nneeds, and adapt and socialize in a new community.<\/em><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Also read:<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ldn.org.ua\/en\/success-story\/beehive-of-meanings-about-an-atypical-shelter-motivated-idps-and-the-bees-team\/\">\u201cBeehive of Meanings\u201d: about an atypical shelter, motivated\r\nIDPs, and the \u201cbees\u201d team<\/a><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ldn.org.ua\/en\/event\/challenges-unite-how-the-beehives-of-meanings-have-already-helped-half-a-thousand-families-of-displaced-people\/\">Challenges unite. How the Beehives of Meanings have already\r\nhelped half a thousand families of displaced people<\/a><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><em>The material was created with the support of the international charity\r\nplatform GlobalGiving and the Legal Empowerment Fund (Fund for Global Human\r\nRights program) and the <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/ldn.org.ua\/en\/\"><em>Legal Development Network<\/em><\/a><em>. The content of the publication is solely the\r\nresponsibility of the Legal Development Network and does not necessarily\r\nreflect the views of the previously mentioned organizations.<\/em><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><em>The main photo for the article: <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.irf.ua\/zalyshajsya-vdoma-i-vyzhyvy-abo-yak-vtikty-vid-domashnogo-nasyllya-v-karantyn-i-de-otrymaty-dopomogu\/\"><em>irf.ua<\/em><\/a><em><\/em><\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Courage to confront domestic violence by openly declaring it, as well as the professional help of lawyers of the Kolomyia (Ivano-Frankivsk oblast) NGO &#8220;Triangle&#8221; are the components of this story. Thanks to them and the public outcry, the police opened&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":18673,"template":"","project":[],"section":[523],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ldn.org.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/success-story\/18715"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ldn.org.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/success-story"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ldn.org.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/success-story"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ldn.org.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ldn.org.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/success-story\/18715\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18716,"href":"https:\/\/ldn.org.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/success-story\/18715\/revisions\/18716"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ldn.org.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18673"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ldn.org.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18715"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"project","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ldn.org.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/project?post=18715"},{"taxonomy":"section","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ldn.org.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/section?post=18715"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}