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Moscow court sentences man who beat basketball player Shved to three years in general regime
Alexey Shved / Photo: © RIA Novosti / Alexander Galperin
The capital’s court sentenced Yusuf Mirashurov, who beat up former CSKA basketball defender Alexei Shved, to three years in a general regime penal colony, the press service of the Moscow prosecutor’s office reported.
The attack on Shved took place on May 1, 2023, near a Moscow restaurant. The basketball player was hospitalized and suffered an open penetrating craniocerebral injury with skull fractures and a brain contusion.
Mirashurov was found guilty under Part 1 of Article 111 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (intentional infliction of grievous bodily harm). It is noted that Mirashurov himself partially admitted his guilt.
Source: Sportbox
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