During the proceedings at the Latgale District Court in Daugavpils, the prosecutor demanded that Igor Khait, accused of murdering entrepreneur and politician Andris Lubka, be sentenced to 18 years and six months of imprisonment and three years of probation supervision.
Khait, born in 1975, is accused of murder under aggravating circumstances, as well as the acquisition, possession, carrying, transportation, or sale of firearms without the appropriate permit.
Konstantin Belokurov, born in 1991, who drove Khait away from the crime scene, is accused of complicity in murder under aggravating circumstances and theft of Lubka's bag from the car. His case has been separated, and the trial is ongoing.
The maximum penalty for murder under aggravating circumstances is life imprisonment.
As reported, Lubka was killed on November 17, 2023, by several gunshots in front of a shopping center in Rezekne. Khait was detained on suspicion of committing the murder a few hours after it occurred.
According to the prosecution, the motive for the crime was a verbal conflict on domestic grounds that arose between Lubka and Khait's wife in the parking lot of another store that same day.
After the murder, the shooter left the scene in a Volkswagen Touareg, driven by Belokurov. The murder weapon has not been found.
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