Plot The death of children on a lake in Karelia
The Karelian Supreme Court left unchanged the acquittal of the head of the regional department of Rospotrebnadzor Anatoly Kovalenko and the acting head of the surveillance department Lyudmila Kotovich in the case of the death of 14 children in a recreation camp on Syamozero in 2016, reports TASS.
Consideration of the appeal against the decision of the Petrozavodsk City Court began in early July 2021. The prosecution and the injured party requested that the case be reconsidered before the court of first instance.
Previously, the Petrozavodsk City Court had considered the case against Kotovich and Kovalenko under the article “Negligence”. According to the investigation, the representatives of Rospotrebnadzor were aware of the numerous violations committed by the director of the recreation camp in terms of organizing the summer vacation, but they issued the Park Hotel Syamozero LLC. document that allowed to continue working. In March 2021, the court acquitted Kotovich and Kovalenko, ruling that ensuring the safety of the water outlets was outside Rospotrebnadzor's jurisdiction.
In June 2016, a group of 47 children and four adults were rafting the lake on two boats and a raft. When the storm started, the boats overturned, killing 14 children.
Instructor Valery Krupodershchikov accompanied the children on the trip. Another instructor, Pavel Ilyin, was absent from the camp that day for personal reasons. & Nbsp; The Petrozavodsk court first acquitted them for providing services that did not meet security requirements. The dealers were found guilty of endangering people, and he was sent to a penal colony for eight months. Meanwhile, when the statute of limitations expired, he was released into the courtroom.
Later & nbsp; The Third Court of Cassation in St. Petersburg overturned the acquittals.
In addition, earlier & nbsp; in the same case, the verdict was against the paramedic Irina Shcherbakova, who did not accept the appeal of the drowning child.