The Federal Court in Lausanne will officially read today the decision taken in response to prosecutor’s protest to the early release of Vitaly Kaloev; Zurich Cantonal Court slated it for August 24.
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Kaloev to Stay in Prison
The Federal Court in Lausanne will officially read today the decision on the prosecutor’s appeal against early release of Vitaly Kaloev; Zurich Cantonal Court slated it for August 24. But Kaloev will remain in prison until the court considers the previous appeal of the prosecutor, the one filed against reduction in his sentence.
Vitaly Kaloev was condemned for killing Skyguide air traffic controller Peter Nielsen, through whose fault Russia’s Tu-154 aircraft of Bashkir Airlines crashed with Boeing of DHI in July 2002.
The crash of the Russian holiday charter and a freight plane that occurred in Swiss-controlled airspace over southern Germany happened after a lone air traffic controller, Peter Nielsen, missed a warning on his radar screen. The mid-air collision killed 71 passengers, most of them children. The wife and children of Kaloev were amid the victims.
Kaloev will remain in prison until the court tries previous appeal of the prosecutor filed against the reduction in his sentence. On June 18, Zurich Court shorted the term for Kaloev from eight years to five years and three months. The prosecutor promptly appealed against the reduction, while Kaloev applied to the Canton Court seeking the parole due to the expiration of two-thirds of the sentence. Kaloev’s request was sustained on August 15.
On August 17, the prosecutor lodged a complaint to the Federal Court demanding to put off Kaloev’s release. As that appeal was admitted with no regard to parole granted to Kaloev, no one in the Federal Court is particularly eager to predict the dates when the destiny of Russian could be finally decided.
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