At a court session this afternoon, the District Court - Blagoevgrad remanded the 18-year-old youth accused of "robbery accompanied by murder" of an 82-year-old man from the village of Mikrevo, commune.

Strumyani, the court announced.

A panel of the District Court in Blagoevgrad considered that the evidence collected so far provides a basis for concluding that the accused was complicit in the crime for which he was charged.

According to the court, with a lighter measure of remand, there is a real danger of the accused's absconding, as well as a danger of him committing another crime. 

The District Prosecutor's Office - Blagoevgrad announced in connection with the case that the crime was committed around midnight on Friday (July 29), and the perpetrator of the act was identified - an 18-year-old youth with the initials O.O. Evidence was collected that together with criminally irresponsible A 13-year-old boy, the accused broke into the elderly man's property while the victim was asleep, attacked him with a hard object in order to take money, failed to find it, then left the scene. 

The District Court - Blagoevgrad reports that today's decision of the court can be appealed and protested within three days before the Court of Appeal - Sofia.

In case of appeal or protest, the case is scheduled for August 11. 

An 18-year-old killed the old man from Mikrevo with an ax in order to rob him

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