Ambulance Called to Courtroom for Menatep Chief

An ambulance was called to the Meshchansky District Court on Thursday to treat Platon Lebedev, Gazeta.Ru Internet newspaper reports.

According to the edition, Lebedev’s lawyer Yevgeniy Baru asked the court that doctors be called to treat his client. The judge, Irina Kolesnikova, announced a break in the proceedings and for time to call an ambulance.

Yevgeniy Baru said that he based his request on his private experience, on his knowledge of Lebedev and on external factors. The lawyer holds that Lebedev suffers from high blood pressure and he must be inspected by doctors.

Lebedev himself said that calling the doctors was not necessary and that the move could be used by the prosecutors to claim that the defense lawyers are deliberately lingering the process. He claimed that his health condition was “satisfactory”.

Lebedev’s lawyers have repeatedly complained of their client’s bad health and of the treatment he receives from the prison officers who refuse to allow the suspect a proper medical inspection.


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