Latvian Television reports that the two defendants had already agreed with the prosecutor on a suspended prison sentence and the amount of compensation. The sentence was not changed at the hearing. Ēriks Štālberg, the lawyer of the driver of the car Kaspars Ķuda, said that the negotiations with the prosecutor were difficult.
"The prosecutor, representing the public interest, considered that a very severe penalty should be applied in this case. Only taking into account the guilty plea, and the character, the young children in the family, in principle found the possible to impose a suspended sentence, although, in principle, the prosecutor's office initially considered that only a custodial sentence was appropriate," said Štālbergs.
Both Kaspars Ķuda and the deer shooter Mārtiņš Karlsons will not appeal the verdict.
