Court releases suspect of journalist Buzyna murder from house arrest

15:35, 25.03.2016 1 min read

Pechersky District Court of Kyiv has released the suspected of killing journalist and writer Oles Buzyna, Andriy Medvedko, who was under house arrest, on his own recognizance, the 'Freedom to Patriots' group on Facebook has reported.

"Medvedko has been released on his own recognizance until May 25," reads a report posted on the group's Facebook page on Friday.

As reported, Buzyna was killed in the yard of an apartment block where he lived in Kyiv on April 16, 2015.

On December 31, 2015, the court changed a preventive measure for one of the suspects in Buzyna killing, Andriy Medvedko, from custody to house arrest and obliged him to wear electronic tracking device.

On January 28, the Pechersky District Court in Kyiv changed the round-the-clock house arrest for partial house arrest – from 19:00 until 08:00.