Criminal lawyer Maxim Kalinov talked about the punishment that could be given due to an accident in which Boris Sprygin, the basketball player of the Bison team of the Moscow Basketball League, was drunk and his passenger also suffered. Kalinov told socialbites.ca that the athlete will most likely receive a suspended sentence.
“There is information in the story of Boris Sprygin, who had an accident in Moscow and left the scene, that he was drunk. Thus, the legal nature of their actions will fall under paragraphs “a” and “b” of paragraph 2 of article 264 – violation of traffic rules, which, if proven, causes serious bodily harm. The penalty under this article will be three to seven years’ imprisonment.
I repeat, a passenger inspection will be required here. If it is determined that he was seriously injured physically, a lawsuit will be filed. And this period is not two years, as the media write, but three to seven years, because this is part 2 of article 264 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation. In particular, we are talking about an accident that caused serious bodily harm, leaving the scene of the accident while intoxicated. So the punishment will be like this.
As I understand it, the basketball player was not convicted, so it is unlikely that he will face a real period. But if the case is sent to court and his guilt is proven, then, of course, he will face a suspended sentence, Kalinov believes.
On the evening of Wednesday, August 16,https://www.socialbites.ca/auto/news/2023/08/17/21090224.shtml Sprygin’s Ford Mustang crashed into a tree southeast of Moscow. The driver fled the scene of the accident and was later detained at his home. At the same time, its passenger, 43-year-old Anna Pavlova, also suffered. She was hospitalized with injuries of varying severity, she.
It was previously reported that Sprygin could be sentenced to up to two years in prison.