Ex-Bolshoi Ballet dancer gets six years for acid attack
- 11 years ago
Six years in prison.
That was the sentence handed down in Moscow on Tuesday to former Bolshoi Ballet dancer Pavel Dmitrichenko.
He and two co-defendants were found guilty of an acid attack in January that nearly blinded the company's artistic director Sergei Filin, seen here leaving the hospital.
The dancer's lawyer said they're disappointed.
(SOUNDBITE) (Russian) LAWYER FOR FORMER BOLSHOI BALLET DANCER, PAVEL DMITRICHENKO, SERGEI KADYROV, SAYING:
"We will appeal the verdict. We find it baseless, and obviously it doesn't correspond with the events that took place."
Dmitrichenko admitted he wanted Filin 'roughed up' but says he never agreed for his co-defendants who actually did the assault to use acid.
Filin's lawyer said his client was in Germany, preparing for one of dozens of surgeries he's undergone to save his eyesight.
(SOUNDBITE) (Russian) BOLSHOI BALLET ARTISTIC DIRECTOR SERGEI FILIN'S LAWYER, NATALIA ZHIVOTKOVA, SAYING:
"He
That was the sentence handed down in Moscow on Tuesday to former Bolshoi Ballet dancer Pavel Dmitrichenko.
He and two co-defendants were found guilty of an acid attack in January that nearly blinded the company's artistic director Sergei Filin, seen here leaving the hospital.
The dancer's lawyer said they're disappointed.
(SOUNDBITE) (Russian) LAWYER FOR FORMER BOLSHOI BALLET DANCER, PAVEL DMITRICHENKO, SERGEI KADYROV, SAYING:
"We will appeal the verdict. We find it baseless, and obviously it doesn't correspond with the events that took place."
Dmitrichenko admitted he wanted Filin 'roughed up' but says he never agreed for his co-defendants who actually did the assault to use acid.
Filin's lawyer said his client was in Germany, preparing for one of dozens of surgeries he's undergone to save his eyesight.
(SOUNDBITE) (Russian) BOLSHOI BALLET ARTISTIC DIRECTOR SERGEI FILIN'S LAWYER, NATALIA ZHIVOTKOVA, SAYING:
"He