The court found two detained persons guilty of assaulting officers in the prison in the city of Sliven. The incident took place on 20.12.2020. in the cinema of the prison, when, after a proper order, one of the inmates attacked a supervisor.
Other prisoners intervened in the conflict, which resulted in slight bodily injuries to two officials V.S. - Warden of the 2nd degree at the Prison in the city. Sliven and M.S - Supervisor of the II degree at the Prison in the city of Sliven. For the committed act, pre-trial proceedings were instituted and NOHD 688/2024 was instituted. at the Sliven District Court. The defendants Lia Spasimirova Tsvetanova and Mariyana Zhekova Todorova fully admit the facts of the charges brought against them and the proceedings proceed according to the order of the summary trial, with which, on the basis of Art. 58, b. And from the Penal Code, the court has reduced by 1/3 the punishment of each one of them.
With Judgment No. 168/11.11.2024 decreed under NOHD No. 688/2024 according to the inventory of the Sliven District Court, the court found the defendant Lia Spasimirova guilty of causing minor bodily injury to an official M.S. - Supervisor II degree at the Prison in the city Sliven during the performance of her duty, resulting in a head injury, an injury to the left hand, therefore, on the basis of Art. 131, para. 1, in vr. with Art. 130, para. 2 in the top with Art. 54, para. 1 of the Criminal Code imposed the penalty of “Imprisonment” for a period of nine months, which on the basis of Art. 58, b. And the court has reduced the punishment thus determined by 1/3, namely by three months. The court accepted that Spasimirova's act was done with direct intent and ordered the reduced punishment of “Imprisonment” for a period of six months to be endured under an initial strict regime.
That is not the case for the other defendant, Marijana Zhekova, who has been repeatedly convicted of numerous serious crimes with a total of twenty-five convictions. With the sentence cited above, the court also found the other defendant guilty of causing minor bodily harm to an official V.S. - Warden of the II degree at the Prison in the city. Sliven during the performance of her duty, resulting in a contusion in the area of the shoulder joint and a contusion in the left half of the chest, which fulfills the medico-biological characterizing sign “pain and suffering,“ therefore, on the basis of Art. 131, para. 1, item 1 in the top with Art. 130, para. 1, in vr. with Art. 54, para. 1 of the Criminal Code, the penalty "Imprisonment" is imposed; for a period of two years, which on the basis of Art. 58, b. And from the NC, the court reduced it by eight months. The thus imposed reduced sentence for a period of one year and four months will continue to be served by Todorova under an initial strict regime. As of the date of issuance of the act, the defendant Marijana Zhekova has the status of being deprived of liberty and will follow on the basis of Art. 27 of the Criminal Code to serve in whole or in part the new sentence thus imposed.
With the verdict, the court ordered each of the defendants to pay the victims defense costs in the criminal proceedings. The two defendants were ordered to pay jointly and severally in favor of the state at the expense of the OD of the Sliven Ministry of Internal Affairs the sum of BGN 345.40, representing costs incurred in the criminal proceedings.
The verdict is subject to appeal and protest within 15 days before the Sliven District Court, which period starts from the date of the verdict, namely 11.11.2024.