The Moscow Khamovnichesky Court has declared Tariel Oniani guilty in kidnapping and extortion, reported the RIA Novosti.
The prosecutor’s office is demanding a 15 year imprisonment for Oniani at a high security colony. Oniani continues to deny his guilt.
According to the official investigation, Oniani and two accomplices, in attempts to extort money, kidnapped a businessman from Moscow on March 18 of 2009 and took him to one a restaurant where he was beaten with baseball bat. In exchange for his release, criminals demanded 500 000 USD from the businessman’s family. After paying a part of the sum equal to 218 000 USD, the illegally detained businessman was released on a third day. The victim then contacted law enforcement officers and the suspects were arrested soon after.
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