Figure skating champion Maxim Staviyski in prison for 2,5 years?
Article published from Novinite.com on 2009-01-05 08:58:00Category: Accidents in Bourgas
The Appellate Court in the southeast city of Burgas changed Monday the 2,5-year suspended sentence of Bulgaria`s figure skating champion Maxim Staviiski into an effective one.
In January 2008, Staviyski received a suspended sentence of 2,5 years for driving drunk and causing a car crash on August 5, 2007, which left the 24-year-old Petar Petrov dead, and the 18-year-old Manuela Gorsova comatose. Staviiski`s blood alcohol content at the time of the crash was 1.24. In December, the case against Staviiski was referred to the Burgas Appellate Court by the parents of the car crash victims.
With its Monday`s ruling the three-member panel of the Burgas Appellate Court has not changed the duration of Staviyski`s sentence but only the way of serving it, which means that the figure skating champion would have to stay in prison for 2,5 years...
In January 2008, Staviyski received a suspended sentence of 2,5 years for driving drunk and causing a car crash on August 5, 2007, which left the 24-year-old Petar Petrov dead, and the 18-year-old Manuela Gorsova comatose. Staviiski`s blood alcohol content at the time of the crash was 1.24. In December, the case against Staviiski was referred to the Burgas Appellate Court by the parents of the car crash victims.
With its Monday`s ruling the three-member panel of the Burgas Appellate Court has not changed the duration of Staviyski`s sentence but only the way of serving it, which means that the figure skating champion would have to stay in prison for 2,5 years...
