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Russia Jails Former Policeman for
Torturing Suspects With Electricity

Created: 09.08.2005 19:07 MSK (GMT +3),
Updated: 19:07 MSK, 23 hours 18 minutes ago

MosNews

Former criminal investigation official has been sentenced to three years of prison in the court of the Russian city of Kazan for exceeding his authorities with application of force.

According to the investigation, three young persons were detained in Kazan in May 2004 under suspicion of stealing a cellular phone. In the office of the convict, Senior Lieutenant Vladimir Lyamzin, they were questioned and forced to confess they had stolen the phone. The policemen handcuffed one of the young persons, pushed his knees between his arms, stretched a wooden stick under his knees and hanged him on the backs of two chairs. Another young person was tortured with electric current, with plates attached to his anus.

In June 2004, the local prosecutor’s office instigated criminal proceedings against Lyamzin. On May 30, 2005, he was given a suspended five-year sentence. However, the local acting prosecutor found this sentence too light and appealed in on June 3 to the Supreme Court of the Russian internal republic of Tatarstan (Kazan is Tatarstan’s capital). The court cancelled the sentence and sent the case to a new trial.

According to the new court decision, Lyamzin has not right to work in law enforcement structures.