Verdict in Myantsyuk trial expected on Wednesday

A verdict in the trial of Raman Myantsyuk, who faces up to five years in prison for allegedly causing a grave bodily injury as a result of a violation of road traffic rules, is expected on Wednesday.
The incident, dubbed the "human roadblock" by the media, occurred near Minsk on March 2. Two traffic police officers used four vehicles, with their occupants still inside, to block a road in order to catch Myantsyuk who was under the influence of alcohol behind the wheel. The chased car, which was said to be moving at a speed of between 160 and 180 kilometers per hour, never stopped and rammed into the vehicles, with a BMW in which a woman and a child were in the back seat hit worst.

 

Myantsyuk pleaded guilty on Tuesday. Yury Pashkevich, a victim, said that the judge is expected hear the defendant and the victims, and bring a verdict on Wednesday.

 

He said that the trial of Mentsyuk's wife, accused of letting her drunk husband to drive her car, is to open on Thursday.

 

Myantsyuk testified in court that he had beaten his wife to force her to give him the keys.