Myantsyuk offers apologies, trial to continue
Myantsyuk is facing a charge of causing a grave bodily injury as a
result of a violation of road traffic rules. A passenger of the car driven by
him was injured in the incident.
The incident, dubbed the "human roadblock" by the media,
occurred near
"I apologize for the incident," Myantsyuk said looking at
cameras of television networks. "I did not know that it would end up like
this. I am to blame. I myself forced Volha [his then fiancée and now wife] to
let me behind the wheel. The traffic police officers suffered because of
me."
The police officers were given suspended prison sentences, found guilty
of office abuse, while Myantsyuk and his
wife went on the run. They were grabbed in
Earlier at the trial held by the Minsk District Court, Myantsyuk fully
admitted his guilt.
He told the judge that he did not seek a mercy or a non-guilty verdict.
At the same time, he filed a motion asking the judge not to sentence him
to prison. He claimed that he had had no opportunity to consult a lawyer and
traveled to
He also apologized to the police officers for what he called forcing
them to set up the human block.
