Turmush — A court in the Issyk-Kul region commuted the sentence of a pensioner for a scandal involving a pogrom in a recreation area with thermal springs in the Ton district.
- The verdict was announced in the Issyk-Kul Regional Court on August 6, 2026.
In the case materials published in the State Register of Judicial Acts, it is reported that the judicial panel for criminal cases of the Issyk-Kul Regional Court changed the verdict against pensioner B.T.D., convicted of hooliganism under Part 1 of Art. 280 of the Criminal Code. The prison sentence was reduced from three to two years.
According to the case materials, on March 18, 2026, at about 1:30 p.m., in a recreation area in the village of Kadzhi-Sai, Ton district, a man, while intoxicated, tried to go to the pool (with thermal springs). An employee of the recreation center explained that it is forbidden to enter the pool while intoxicated, and a fee of 200 soms is charged for swimming. The man refused to pay, caused a scandal and swore obscenely.
According to the investigation, then the defendant B.T.D. took a piece of metal profile about 1 meter long from the yard, returned to the reception area and broke the door window, the glass of an aquarium with fish, a coffee machine, glass refrigerator doors, and then disappeared. The total damage amounted to 332 thousand 270 soms.
The Tonsky District Court found the man guilty under Part 1 of Art. 280 of the Criminal Code and sentenced him to three years in prison, however, on the basis of Art. 82 of the Criminal Code released him from serving his sentence, applying probationary supervision for a period of one year.
The court also ordered the convicted person to compensate the victim for material damage in the amount of 322 thousand 270 soms.
Disagreeing with the verdict, the senior assistant prosecutor of the Tonsky district submitted an appeal. He indicated that when imposing the punishment, Part 5 of Art. 67 of the Criminal Code, according to which the term of imprisonment for convicted men over 55 years of age cannot exceed three-quarters of the maximum term provided for in the relevant article.
The Judicial Panel of the Issyk-Kul Regional Court considered the arguments justified and, applying Part 5 of Art. 67 of the Criminal Code, reduced the term of imprisonment from three to two years. The rest of the sentence, including probation supervision and damages, was left unchanged. The prosecutor’s proposal was satisfied.
The verdict comes into force from the moment it is announced. It can be appealed in cassation to the Supreme Court.
