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The subsequent assembly might be held on September 13.
Within the afternoon, the court docket determined to increase I. Arak’s detention for the longest allowed interval, 3 months.
The victims within the case are 3 minor kids of R. Morkevičius, who’re represented by their moms – two ex-girlfriends of the well-known athlete. One among them, Agneta P., couldn’t take part within the listening to, nor did Gija Zabachidzė, a Kaunian who was acknowledged as a sufferer and related to the legal world, and whom I. Araks tried to kill.
He received concerned with the Lithuanian and Estonian mafia
The a number of winner of preventing tournaments, who made Lithuania well-known for his sporting achievements, however maintained contacts with representatives of the shadowy world, was shot on the night of December 21, 2016 close to his house in Kaunas, Šilainiai district, whereas getting back from coaching – R. Morkevičius was hit by a sequence of bullets fired from an automated weapon. almost certainly – Kalashnikov.
The case was “darkish” for a very long time, however the investigators didn’t quit – whereas amassing proof little by little, they have been implicated in a world legal affiliation, the leaders of that are thought of to be 52-year-old Sergejus Bėglikas from Klaipėda, who later moved to Spain, and 50-year-old Renaldas Kanys from Kaunas, who till is at the moment hiding and is among the most wished mobsters in all of Europe.
Criminalists had obtained data that this legal affiliation ordered the bloody assault towards R. Morkevičius, and it was carried out by a gang of employed hitmen from Estonia, led by I. Arak and Jaak Tuuksam, who’ve been convicted 6 instances prior to now.
The striker “break up”
Nevertheless, within the first stage of the investigation, the officers didn’t catch the criminals – because of the lack of indeniable proof, the homicide case of R. Morkevičius was suspended on the finish of 2018.
When new circumstances got here to gentle, the investigation was renewed in the beginning of 2023.
It was these circumstances that led forensic scientists to I. Arak, the chief of a world group of employed killers, well-known all through Europe. Spurred on by the proof, he admitted his guilt.
In accordance with the officers of the Lithuanian Prison Police Workplace, the homicide of the athlete was paid from 200,000. as much as 250 thousand euros. True, I. Arak’s lawyer Gediminas Bukauskas claimed that the quantity allotted to his shopper was a lot decrease.
Est advised the officers how he ready to kill R. Morkevičius and the way he dedicated the crime. I. Arak additionally testified on the scene of the homicide.
The ring fighter was shot not less than 7 instances within the neck and chest by a portal lrytas.lt in accordance with the sources, through the examination, it instantly turned clear that the brutal execution was carried out by an assailant with glorious weapon management and accuracy.
I. Araks admitted to having dedicated one other bloody assault – he tried to kill G. Zabachidze, who was related to the “Gucchini” gang and drug commerce – on July 22, 2016, he shot him with a gun with a silencer. The medical doctors managed to avoid wasting G. Zabachidze by offering emergency help in time.
The homicide of R. Morkevičius and the tried homicide of G. Zabachidze are mixed into one case.
Demise struck Sæbra
Regardless of the discovering of R. Morkevičius’ killer, many bloody mysteries remained unsolved.
The officers managed to establish I. Arak’s confederate from Estonia, Tomas Helinas, who, in accordance with the investigation, didn’t himself take part within the bloody assaults towards I. Arak and G. Zabachidze.
In accordance with I. Arak, T. Helin discovered him and handed over the order for the homicide.
T. Helinas didn’t have time to inform extra in regards to the particulars of the crimes – he himself died a couple of years after the homicide of R. Morkevičius.
I. Araks claimed that he didn’t know who the true orderers have been – relating to the murders, he communicated solely with T. Helin, who performed the position of an middleman.
“I. Arak’s data was very restricted. He disclosed to the officers the precise sums for the homicide of R. Morkevičius, however you’ll hear about it from him himself on the subsequent court docket session,” asserted lawyer G. Bukauskas.
When requested if the shoppers could possibly be associated to the legal affiliation led by S. Bėglik and R. Kanis, the lawyer answered briefly: “Possibly. When the indictment is introduced, the whole lot will develop into clear sufficient.”
Plainly I. Araks determined to take the blame alone – as if nobody helped him to kill R. Morkevičius, to arrange for this bloody crime, solely T. Helinas had handed on the request of the shoppers.
Had extra accomplices
I. Araks is the one defendant within the case at the moment being heard in court docket – the orderers haven’t but been caught, proof is being collected towards them.
True, it’s hoped that the true clients will nonetheless be delivered to justice – there’s a separate case, an investigation is underway.
It’s suspected that I. Araks had extra accomplices apart from T. Helin, who seem on this separate investigation.
It’s hoped that in a separate case it is going to be attainable to show the guilt of those that ordered the homicide and to seek out out their true motives, which stay unclear to this present day.
Additionally linked to a different homicide
I.Araks is suspected of being concerned within the homicide of Deimantas Bugavičius-Deimas, a detailed buddy of Vita Jakutienė, a member of the music group “Naujojios pupytės”, and one of many leaders of the “Gurkinės” group.
R. Morkevičius, who maintained relations with the representatives of the legal world, in one of many pictures printed within the e-book “Prison Odyssey of the Cucumbers” by journalist Dailius Dargis, was captured within the Italian mountains on the finish of 2011 at a dinner desk with Saulius Velečka-Agurkas and D.Bugavičius, the leaders of the Cucumber gang.
D. Bugavičius was killed on the night time of November 7, 2015, close to his house in Kaunas, on Šėtos avenue – in the identical Šilainiai district, the place R. Morkevičius was shot greater than a 12 months later.
Legislation enforcement managed to establish the employed killers from Estonia who participated within the assault on D. Bugavičius, 42-year-old Hans Erikas Ehverts and 40-year-old Arle Grabbi, who have been sentenced to 16 years in jail in June 2021.
In the identical case, the Kaunas District Court docket sentenced former European junior boxing vice-champion Ričardas Baika-Ščiukas, who performed the position of a information to the thugs, from Kaunas and was linked to the Physician’s Gang, to 13 years in jail.
The authorities introduced again in August 2019 that they’d data that the murders of D. Bugavičius and R. Morkevičius could possibly be associated to the above-mentioned worldwide legal affiliation, whose leaders are thought of to be S. Bėglikas and R. Kanys.
In accordance with the researchers, this group focused Deima for 4 million. kidnapping of a cargo of cannabis price EUR. In accordance with criminologists, the mafia that determined to take care of D. Bugavičius employed hitmen from Estonia, led by I. Araks, who’s infamous for bloody assaults in Europe. The latter is suspected of getting organized Deima’s homicide.
After HEEhert, A. Grabbi and R. Baikas, S. Bėglik, R. Kanios and I. Arak have been convicted on this homicide case, the circumstances relating to the deadly photographs to D. Bugavičius have been separated, the court docket proceedings haven’t but taken place.
Opened after an try
I. Arak turned notorious in Eire as effectively, the place in April 2017 he was getting ready to kill James Gately, a well known consultant of the Irish legal world. For this he was sentenced to six years in jail. After serving his sentence, the Estonian mafioso was handed over to the Lithuanian authorities in January 2023.
After admitting his guilt for the homicide of R. Morkevičius and the tried homicide of G. Zabachiza, a former determine within the legal world of Kaunas, I. Arak is awaiting trial whereas in Vilnius jail.
After the try on G. Zabachidze, he testified towards the mafia within the case of the homicide of D. Bugavičius, serving to to uncover this crime. After the specter of retaliation, he was acknowledged as a witness protected by the state.
2024-06-28 22:09:18