Siarhei Bankou

sentenced to 3 years of restricted freedom

Former prisoner

Date of birth: 3 October 1980

Date of detention: 7 July 2021

Charges indicted:

  • Art. 369 of the Criminal Code — Insulting a government official

Sentence: 3 years

Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony

Prison sentence start date: 7 July 2021

Date of release: 28 October 2023

Judge: Aliaksandr Khaladtsou

Siarhei Bankou was sentenced to three years of restricted freedom in an open correctional institution (“khimiya”) under Art. 369 of the Criminal Code for insulting an official.

Bankou allegedly insulted a police officer by posting a comment on the Odnoklassniki social media site.

The convict was sent to serve his sentence on July 7, 2021.

Bankou served out his sentence and was released from prison in the autumn of 2023.

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