Temirkhan Amakhanov, beaten up in Dagestan, and his advocates satisfied with verdict to law enforcers

Advocates of Temirkhan Amakhanov, a resident of Derbent, are satisfied with the judgement of the court, which has sentenced the law enforcers, who had beaten Temirkhan up, to imprisonment, and are not planning to appeal against it. Amakhanov himself said that he still has health problems, although six years have passed since the beating.

The "Caucasian Knot" has reported that a court in Derbent found the law enforcers, Gasan Adalov and Magomed Yunusov, guilty of causing grievous bodily harm to the health of Temirkhan Amakhanov and sentenced them to four years in jail each.

"I think it's enough; and I see no reason to appeal against it," Nadezhda Borodkina, one of Amakhanov's advocates, has commented on the court's ruling.

For the time of the inquiry, the accused law enforcers were not in custody; they were under recognizance not to leave the place. If they had been placed in custody from the very beginning, the court would have resorted to a milder verdict, Ms Borodkina believes.

According to Amakhanov himself, he periodically undergoes rehabilitation courses after the traumas received as a result of beatings by law enforcers. "I still have no health. I passed the tests, and I'm going to the hospital again," he said.

According to his story, during the inquiry and the trial, the law enforcers themselves did not try to resort to reconciliation; on the contrary, only aggressive statements were heard from them. "They were trying to intimidate me," he has stated.