Dutchman convicted of attack on policeman in Moscow appeals against sentence

The defense of the Dutch citizen Harry Johannes van Voorden, convicted for the attack on a policeman in Moscow, has filed an appeal against the court decision. This was reported in the Khamovnichesky court of the capital, where the sentence was passed.

"The court received an appeal complaint of the defense of Vurden on the verdict," - transmits the message of the agency TASS.

The consideration will take place later in the Moscow City Court.

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The court sentenced the attacker to three years of suspended sentence on December 25. It was noted that the man was in a state of alcoholic intoxication at the time of the attack on the representative of law enforcement agencies.

The incident occurred in October. In Moscow, a citizen of the Netherlands Van Voorden Harry Johannes beat up a policeman. The offender, walking along the roadway, knocked down a plastic sign indicating a parking space. The police officer reprimanded him. In response, Johannes hit him in the face with his fist. As noted, law enforcers initiated a case under part 2 of article 318 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation ("Use of violence against a representative of authority, dangerous to life and health").