MOSCOW, May 16 (Itar-Tass) — Moscow's Khamovniki court on Wednesday extended, to July 8, the arrest of athlete Rasul Mirzayev, accused of fatally striking a 19-year-old student last year.
The court thereby met the petition by investigator Denis Semyonov to extend Mirzayev's custody by another two months.
According to Semyonov, who is deputy head of the investigation department for the Central Administrative District, the reasons for selecting custody as the measure of restraint for the suspect, have not changed.
"When at large, and being aware of the gravity of the committed crime and legal consequences, Mirzayev may escape from the investigator or obstruct the preliminary probe in some other way," he told the court.
The prosecutor for the state and the injured parties supported the investigator’s petition.
Mirzayev drew attention of the court to...