Yesterday in court of California police presented evidence of the guilt of a hockey player, “Los Angeles Kingc” Vyacheslav Voinov, who is accused of domestic violence. The court extended the hearing on his case and scheduled the next hearing for December 29, told the Orange County Register Rich Hammond in your account in Twitter. Under American law Russian who maintains his complete innocence, faces up to nine years in prison.
Vyacheslav Voinov was arrested Oct. 20 on suspicion of domestic violence after to the hospital with injuries, accompanied by 24-year old Russian asked his wife in March Varlamov. Soon Voynova released on bail of $ 50 thousand. And accusations put forward on November 20. The site District Attorney of Los Angeles noted that hockey is accused of one episode of injury, but at the hearing on December 1 of war, after hearing the prosecution announced that pleaded not guilty.
Yesterday, at the hearing of a police officer, who took part in the arrest Voynova in Redondo Beach, presented evidence of his guilt.
« The wife was bleeding profusely Voynova laceration above his left eye, on the neck were red marks. The woman said that he punched her in the face, – he said. War and his wife quarreled at a party, where hockey player hit a woman. The quarrel continued at home, where hockey player pushed his wife several times and hit three recumbent tried to strangle her. On the neck were bruises, red marks, scratches ».
According to police, Marta right on it showed how her husband choked. Then he pushed the girl to the flat-screen TV, with the result that she injured her face. The wound above his left eye had to put eight stitches. A police officer also noted that blood was all over the bedroom, on the floor were bloody handprints.
Nathan Fenno of Los Angeles Times, who attended the meeting, said that he had seen pictures of damage girl and there really was a lot of blood.
Cross-examination of the police conducted defender Voynova Pamela Mackey, which in the past represented the interests of the accused Kobe Bryant of rape. It turned out that the police have recorded two interviews Martha in the hospital, which, in particular, said: “This is where he hit me” and “Here he pushed me here».
Vyacheslav Voinov at the meeting was unfazed and after declined to comment. A judge Hector Guzman, dismissed the petition side continues to insist on their complete innocence hockey to dismiss the case, announced that evidence demonstrating against him, enough to continue the trial, and the next meeting is scheduled for December 29.
Russian was disqualified NHL, however, is still listed as injured, and “Los Angeles” continues to pay his salary.
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