Court rejects motion of Denis Ten's mother against two policemen

AKIPRESS.COM - Almaty specialized investigative court rejected the appeal of mother of figure skater Denis Ten against two policemen.
Oksana Ten wanted the two policemen who were on the murder scene to be brought to responsibility for negligence as Ms Ten believes the police officers did not provide needed first aid to Denis.
Two juvenile police inspectors, Adilbek Musayev and Azamat Nurpeisov, were the witnesses of the murder of Denis Ten. In court, they said they had seen car thieves attacking the figure skater. Then police officer Nurpeisov asked passers-by to provide medical aid to injured Denis and call an ambulance, while he ran to chase down the criminals.
These actions, according to Oksana Ten, were negligence. Ten intends to challenge the court decision at the city court.
Denis Ten, an Olympic bronze medalist in men's figure skating of 2014, was stabbed on 19 July 2018 in Almaty by two carjackers who were attempting to steal his car mirrors. Ten died from the severe blood loss at a hospital in Almaty 3 hours after being admitted.
Attackers Nuraly Kiyasov and Arman Kudaibergenov were sentenced to 18 years in prison for murder, the third defendant of the case - Zhanar Tolybaeva - was sentenced to 4 years in prison for complicity in theft and failure to report the crime. The murder of Denis Ten sparked a nation-wide outcry.