In St. Petersburg, a man was arrested for severely beating a referee with a chessboard

Athletistic / Chess. In St. Petersburg, a man suspected of beating a chess arbiter has been arrested. Earlier it was reported that referee Sergei Vidyakin after the attack was taken to hospital in serious condition. He had numerous head injuries and was missing part of his earlobe.

Police discovered that the conflict between the perpetrator and the victim occurred after they drank alcohol together. Criminal proceedings have been initiated against the assailant for moderate bodily harm.

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The regional police found that the conflict arose between the victim and his colleague after drinking alcohol together. A criminal case has been brought under the section on intentionally inflicting moderate bodily harm.

“When we receive the documents of the court case, then, accordingly, some kind of legal assessment of what happened will be given. While the case is in the criminal plan, and first a legal assessment of what happened must be given. I will not publish the names of these people, “Olga Styazhkina, chairman of the jury of the St.