Andrej Sachanka

entrepreneur and hairdresser sentenced to 3 years

Date of detention: 6 January 2021

Charges indicted:

Art. 364 of the Criminal Code — Violence or threat of violence against an employee of the internal affairs bodies
Art. 366 of the Criminal Code — Violence or threat against an official performing official duties or another person performing a public duty

Sentence: 3 years

Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony

Date of release: 14 November 2023

Judge: Anastasiya Kulik

Prosecutor: Hanna Lapionak

Andrei Sachanka is an entrepreneur and hairdresser from Brest. He was convicted under Art. 364 of the Criminal Code (Violence or threat of violence against a police officer) and Art. 366 of the Criminal Code (Violence or threat against an official performing official duties or another person performing a public duty).

Andrei was sentenced to 3 years in a general-security penal colony.

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