“The jury voted that they were guilty.
The votes were distributed five to three ... The jury found the doctors guilty, involved, not deserving of leniency, ”he said.
Babasov added that the defense of doctors intends to appeal the verdict.
In November 2018, a woman admitted to the maternity hospital gave birth to a live boy, who, for medical reasons, had to be given an expensive drug to maintain his life.
According to the investigation, Belaya instructed Sushkevich to kill a premature baby by injecting the baby with a dose of magnesium sulfate in order to save hospital resources and not spoil the medical statistics.
At the same time, information was entered into the history of childbirth that the child died in the womb.
In June 2019, the Investigative Committee charged Sushkevich with premeditated murder, and Belaya with organizing the murder of a child.
On December 10, 2020, a jury in the Kaliningrad Regional Court delivered a verdict of not guilty by five votes to three.
However, after an appeal by the prosecutor's office, the court of appeal overturned the verdict.
By decision of the Supreme Court, a new hearing was moved from the Kaliningrad region to the Moscow region.