On June 29 this year, officials of the Criminal Police Administration of the State Police Department of Riga transferred criminal proceedings for the murder of a lawyer in Marupe on July 20, 2019, related to the robbery. Two persons currently in custody were suspected of committing the offence.
On the late evening of July 20, 2019, two men in masks raided a private house in Marupe, where a woman in the house was tied up to carry out the looting of that house. A short time later, a lawyer born in 1972 and his wife came home. One of the robbers shot a lawyer after the two men escaped in masks from the scene. His lawyer, meanwhile, later died of injuries at the hospital.
When conducting primitive investigation and operational search activities, the suspects initially failed to find out, but police officers continued to investigate the crime and explain the perpetrators during a year of large-scale pre-trial investigations. during the
Pretrial investigation, the law-enforcement officers found that the crime was most likely committed by persons unrelated to the family, namely men born in 1967 and 1982, who had previously been seen repeatedly by the police, both for financial offences and for crimes against the lives and health of individuals. The investigation also showed that these men are linked to a number of other crimes, including crimes relating to the life and health of persons.
Criminal proceedings were initially qualified for the characteristics of the criminal offence provided for in Article 117, Paragraph six of the Criminal Law. However, criminal proceedings are currently qualified according to the characteristics of the criminal offences provided for in Article 117, Paragraph six, Article 175, Paragraph three, Article 195, Paragraph one, Article 185, Paragraph one, the second paragraph of Article 233, the fourth paragraph of Article 176.
Both suspected men are currently in custody. On June 29, a decision was taken on the transfer of criminal proceedings to the Prosecutor's Office of the Riga Court District for the initiation of criminal proceedings.
State Police draws attention to the fact that no person can be found guilty of committing a criminal offence until proven guilty in accordance with the procedures provided for in the Criminal Procedure Law.
Prepared:
Elīna Priedīte
Senior Officer
of the State Police
Public Relations Division
Tel.: 67075093, 29600629
elina.priedite@vp.gov.lv