Participants in the fight in which Eroshevich died insisted on self-defense

In early September, a court in the Moscow region sentenced four defendants in the case of a bar fight, which resulted in the death of football player Arseny Eroshevich, to terms ranging from 8.5 to 11 years.

Two of the participants in the fight - Islam Rustamov and Zikrullo Kadirov - did not admit guilt, claiming that they were defending themselves.

The third convict, Muhammad Yatimov, also did not admit guilt, and the fourth defendant, Shukhratjon Rakhimov, admitted guilt and repented of his actions.

MOSCOW, October 10 - RIA Novosti. Two participants in the fight in which football player Arseny Eroshevich died did not admit guilt and insisted that they did not beat the athlete, but were defending themselves, state prosecutor, senior assistant to the Shchelkovo city prosecutor Vladislav Demidenok told RIA Novosti.

In early September, a court in the Moscow region sentenced four defendants in the case of a bar fight that resulted in the death of a football player to terms ranging from 8.5 to 11 years.

“The defendant in the case, Islam Rustamov, assured that he was not involved - he allegedly hit Eroshevich’s friend Yegor Kozlov for insults, and the football player himself, in self-defense, once or twice. Another defendant, Zikrullo Kadirov, also did not admit guilt: he said that he defended himself from Kozlov with a knife,” Demidenok told RIA Novosti.

The state prosecutor added that the third person convicted in the case of the fatal fight with Eroshevich, Muhammad Yatimov, also did not admit guilt and claimed that he allegedly only swung his leg, but did not hit the athlete. And the fourth defendant, Shukhratjon Rakhimov, admitted guilt and repented of his actions, the state prosecutor noted.

The deadly fight occurred last summer. As it was established, several young people provoked a conflict with Eroshevich and his friend, who tried to protect girls they knew from the attention of the two defendants.