One of the four accused in the attack on the Pyaterochka store in Istra, near Moscow, said he was retracting his confession. This was announced on Saturday, February 12, a source in law enforcement.
“One of the defendants, Zafar Khudoykulov, initially pleaded guilty. However, he later retracted his confession,” the source said in an interview with TASS.
According to him, the accused stated that he did not admit guilt, he was at the scene of the crime by accident. At the same time, Khudoykulov decided to appeal the court’s decision to place him in custody.
The incident took place on the evening of February 8. According to preliminary data, two masked attackers broke into the Pyaterochka store, beat the cashier and the manager, as a result of which the cashier died. The criminals stole the money and ran out into the street, where at that time their accomplices were waiting for them – one was watching the situation at the store, the other was sitting in the car. The offenders also beat the husband of the point of sale director, who came to pick up his wife from work.
The store manager and her husband are in the hospital. According to Izvestia, they received closed craniocerebral injuries and a concussion.
The alleged hijackers were detained the next day in the village of Chesnokovo, 50 kilometers from the shop where the attack was made. Detainees from 19 to 24 years old. A criminal case has been opened on this fact.
On February 11, the court arrested two suspects in the case. At the same time, on the same day, one of the detainees did not admit his guilt, emphasizing that he was not aware of the crime committed and did not notice anything suspicious. According to him, he simply brought other defendants in the case, for which he received 4.5 thousand rubles.
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