The sentence imposed by the Court is not significantly different from the one requested by the Public Prosecutor during the trial debate, therefore, the prosecutor does not plan to request the full verdict, the prosecutor's office said.
A road traffic accident occurred on December 9 last year in Jelgavas Street, Riga, in which a vehicle hit a girl and then another person on an unregulated pedestrian crossing. The accused did not reduce the speed promptly and did not stop the vehicle before the pedestrian crossing but kept driving forward and didn't give way to a pedestrian who at that point was crossing the street.
As a result, an underage girl was hit. After she was knocked down, the defendant's driven vehicle drove off the carriageway of Jelgavas Street and onto the pavement, where it continued to drive along it until another person was hit.
As he drove off the pavement, the vehicle hit a bench.
In the pre-trial criminal proceedings, the accused man, born in 1932, did not fully admit his guilt, stating that he had no recollection of the accident. The accused disagrees with the prosecution and with the course of events recorded in the case.
The Prosecutor's Office expresses its deepest condolences to the family and friends of the deceased girl. The Prosecutor's Office points out that no person shall be presumed guilty until his or her guilt of a criminal offense has been established following the procedure laid down in the Criminal Procedure Law.
