The court reduced the sentence for a man from Yekaterinburg who raped his 11-year-old daughter.

      In Yekaterinburg, the sentence of furniture assembler Mikhail, accused of raping his 11‑year‑old daughter, was pronounced for the second time. The man came under investigation in July 2022.

      The man spent almost a year in pretrial detention. Subsequently the court released him from custody, easing the preventive measure to a ban on certain actions. In June 2024 the criminal case began to be heard on the merits. Six months later the man was sentenced to 20 years in a maximum‑security penal colony.

      But in February 2025 the Sverdlovsk Regional Court overturned the verdict of the Verkh‑Isetsky District Court and sent the case back for a new trial. By that time Mikhail had already been transported to Kirov, but he was released from custody.

      Mikhail’s family hoped to prove his innocence, but they did not succeed. According to the court’s verdict, the 42‑year‑old man was acquitted on only one count out of 20.

      — By the verdict of the Verkh‑Isetsky District Court he was found guilty of committing 15 offenses under the article “Violent sexual acts,” 2 offenses under the article “Rape,” and 2 under the article “Lewd acts.” He was sentenced to 19 years and 10 months’ imprisonment in a maximum‑security penal colony and 2 years of restriction of freedom. He was acquitted of one offense under paragraph “b” of Part 4 of Article 132 of the Criminal Code, the instance told the publication KP‑Yekaterinburg.

      The convicted man’s lawyer, Maria Poletaeva, appealed the verdict. The press service of the Investigative Committee for the Sverdlovsk Region declined to comment on the situation. It was previously reported that a Yekaterinburg coach had his sentence reduced for molesting a schoolgirl.