Court extends Antonenko's house arrest, Duhar's obligations for another two months

18:33, 17.08.2021 1 min read

Shevchenkivsky District Court of Kyiv has extended the preventive measure for those accused of the murder of journalist Pavlo Sheremet: Andriy Antonenko remains under house arrest until October 17, Yana Duhar – under personal obligations.

The court made the relevant decision on Tuesday, thus upholding the prosecutor's motion.

"To extend round-the-clock house arrest with the use of electronic means of control until October 17, 2021 [...] To extend the personal obligations of accused Duhar [...] until October 17, 2021," the court ruling announced on Tuesday reads.

The hearing on the merits of the charge was postponed until 11:00 on August 31.

The hearing was broadcast on the Sudova Vlada YouTube channel.