Aliaksandr Frantsuzau
truck driver, sentenced to 4 years in prison
Former prisoner
Date of birth: 23 December 1992
Date of detention: 11 August 2020
Charges indicted:
- Art. 364 of the Criminal Code — Violence or threat of violence against an employee of the internal affairs bodies
Sentence: 4 years
Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony
Date of release: 2 June 2024
Judge: Yauhen Yerafeyeu
Prosecutor: Siamion Fiadorchanka
Cases: Protests in Žlobin
Aliaksandr Frantsuzau is a 28-year-old long haul truck driver from Žlobin. On December 18, 2020, he was sentenced by the Žlobin District Court to 4 years in prison under Art. 364 of the Criminal Code for allegedly running over deputy head of the city police department on August 10, 2020.
On the night of August 10, Aliaksandr agreed to drive his friends to the city center.
However, they did not reach the city center. On one of the streets, they got into a traffic jam, where policemen were taking people out of their cars. Aliaksandr was detained after police officer Dzmitry Dziadziun hung on the window of his car, as he was trying to leave. And then, when the car picked up speed, the officer fell.
Aliaksandr has a 4-year-old son.
