“We will file an appeal, because we consider the verdict unfair, and the evidence base unfounded,” RIA Novosti quoted him as saying.
It is noted that the lawyers defending other defendants in this case supported the words of Sagiev.
Earlier it became known that the court sentenced the main person involved in the terrorist attack in St. Petersburg metro in April 2017 - Abror Azimov - to life imprisonment. As reported, he pleaded not guilty during the trial.
The court sentenced the other ten persons involved in the case to various prison terms. They received from 19 to 28 years in prison.
On April 3, 2017, an explosion occurred in the St. Petersburg metro. As a result, 16 people were killed (including a suicide bomber), more than 50 were injured.