A Krasnodar court has sentenced Khaiser Jemilev, the son of a Ukrainian Rada deputy, to five years in a general security colony for involuntary manslaughter and the theft and illegal possession of weapons, an Interfax correspondent has reported from the courtroom.

According to the verdict, Khaiser Jemilev was found guilty of crimes enshrined by Part 1 of Article 226, Part 1 of Article 222, and Part 1 of Article 109 of the Russian Criminal Code and was sentenced to five years in a general security penal colony.

Khaiser Jemilev was born in 1981. He is a son of Mustafa Jemilev, Ukrainian parliamentarian and former leader of the Crimean Tatar Mejlis.

According to the case materials, Jemilev stole a rifle and scope along with ammunition from his father's residence in Bakhchisarai in May 2013. He took the weapons to his house, which is located nearby, and stored them in his bedroom

On May 27, 2013, Jemilev took the rifle and started walking around the house, aiming at birds and other objects through the windows. He eventually shot Fevzi Edemov, a friend of the Jemilev family, who was working in the garden, in the head