Ex-judge Trishkin, who shot the taxi driver, apologized to the victim

Albert Trishkin, a former judge of the Second Western District Military Court, apologized to the taxi driver he shot with a traumatic pistol in 2024. This was announced on December 23 by a correspondent of Izvestia from the hall of the Vidnovsky city court.

"If you can, please accept my sincere apologies. I am certainly to blame and I am ready to compensate you for a certain amount right now," Trishkin said.

The ex-judge added that his actions were provoked by a bad emotional state, and stressed that he was remorseful for what he had done.

Fool's bullet: how ex-judge Trishkin is threatened by shooting at a taxi driver

On the first day of the trial, it turned out that the accused, among other things, was rude to the policeman

According to investigators, in August 2024, the ex-judge quarreled with a taxi driver who blocked his path and shot the driver in the leg with a Makarov traumatic pistol. According to Trishkin, he found the gun "behind the garages" two days before the incident and was going to hand it over to the police department, but did not have time.

Later, Trishkin's son, who testified in the case, reported that the weapon was found near the military court. It also turned out that the ex-judge was rude and threatened by a policeman who tried to get an explanation from him about the case. Commenting on this, Trishkin said that he did not take the call from the Interior Ministry officer seriously, deciding that a fraudster had called him.

In July, the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation received permission from the Higher Qualification Board of Judges to initiate a criminal case under paragraphs "d", "e", "h" of Part 2 of Article 112 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation ("Intentional infliction of moderate harm to health from hooligan motives motivated by hatred of any social group using objects, used as a weapon"). The court chose Trishkin's recognizance not to leave and proper behavior.

A criminal case was opened against Trishkin on September 28. It was noted that he faces up to five years in prison. Prior to that, the head of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation, Alexander Bastrykin, asked for permission to initiate a case, shortly after which Trishkin resigned.

On December 23, the prosecutor requested a three-year suspended sentence for Trishkin. In addition, the state prosecution petitioned for partial satisfaction of the victim's claim and recovery of 500 thousand rubles in his favor.

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