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A remand measure "house arrest" of a defendant who offered a property benefit in order to induce two people to exercise their voting rights in favor of a certain candidate in Sunday's elections, the District Court in Dupnitsa determined.

The court did not accept the request of the District Prosecutor's Office to take the most serious measure of remand, "detention in custody", the court reported.

K.M. from Sapareva Banya was charged with a crime, and it is clear from the collected oral evidence that the accused offered a property benefit to one of the witnesses, promising him that after the elections, if he voted for a representative in favor of a certain candidate, will support him financially, without specifying the amount, knowing that his family has many children, as well as to a second witness, to whom he promised to sell him auto parts at lower prices. 

It is clear from the testimony that all the interrogated persons were persuaded by the accused to exercise their right to vote in favor of a certain candidate, and regardless of the fact that they did not take seriously the motivation directed at them by the accused, the present court considers that the act was performed by an objective and subjective party in relation to the named witnesses. 

As can be seen from the criminal record report, the accused K.M. was convicted, and the sentence entered into force in the month of October 2022, and serving the imposed penalty of "imprisonment" was suspended for a period of three years.

Before that, the person was convicted of a crime under Art.

354 a, para.

3 of the Criminal Code, being rehabilitated.

The man has no other criminal acts, but there is evidence of the use of narcotic substances, for which he was convicted twice, the court said. 

The court considers that taking the most severe remand measure "detention" is unjustified, since it concerns a young person who, in connection with the upcoming elections, decided to help a certain party to collect a certain number of votes, but in no way did he act brutally against the right of choice of each of his relatives and acquaintances with whom he spoke.

On the contrary, they even mocked him when he appealed to exercise their electoral vote for a certain candidate.

They detained a vote buyer in Sapareva Banya

The person has a permanently established address, there is no evidence that he is hiding from the justice authorities, since he himself fully cooperated in uncovering the act, pleaded guilty, regrets the case and asked to enter into an agreement.

With his sentence imposed, K.M.

does not have the right, without the permission of the relevant body of the judicial system - court or prosecutor, to change and leave the specified address in the town of Sapareva Banya, where he should execute the measure.

The ruling is subject to immediate execution, but also to appeal and protest within 3 days, starting today, before the District Court - Kyustendil.

The 33-year-old man was detained three days ago during a specialized police operation to counter crimes related to the political rights of citizens in the preparation and conduct of the National Assembly elections.

This was announced by the police in Kyustendil.

The man was detained with a police warrant in the detention center of the RU - Dupnitsa.

A list of 19 names was then seized from him.

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