Tidligere dommer får ni års fængsel for drukkenkørsel med døden til følge
En dommer i Kyiv har fået ni års fængsel for at have kørt spiritusberuset ind i enNationalgardist under politiliv. Den 22-årige VaDIM Bondarenko døde på stedet. Retten fandt, at Oleksii Tandyr var beruset, brødte for sent og forsøgte at manipulere med prøvetagningen efter ulykken.
Hovedpunkter
- Oleksii Tandyr blev den 29. oktober 2026 sentenced to nine years in prison.
- The collision occurred on 26 May 2023 at a checkpoint on BereSTeiSki Prospekt in Kyiv.
- The victim was 22-year-old National Guard soldier Vadym Bondarenko, who died at the scene.
- The court found that Tandyr had been driving while intoxicated.
- Expert examinations found that Tandyr braked only immediately before the collision and exceeded the speed limit.
- The court credited three years and five months spent in pre-trial detention.
- Tandyr was also barred from holding judicial office for 10 years and ordered to pay the victim's family 40 million hryvnias in damages.
Hvorfor det er vigtigt
Sagen er eksemplet på en alvorlig drukkenkørsel, som endte med en militær medarbejders død. Dommen fastslår straffansvar og показывает samtidig, hvordan et tidligere dommer efter en alvorlig ulykke forsøgte at undgå ansvaret for sit alkoholindtagelse. Sagen får desuden følger for Tandyrs dommerkarriere og en økonomisk erstatning til den afdødes familie.
Hvad der skete
The collision occurred in the early hours of 26 May 2023, approximately three minutes before the curfew, at a checkpoint on BereSTeiSki Prospekt in Kyiv. Oleksii Tandyr was driving a Lexus ES350 at a speed of 100 km/h and struck 22-year-old National Guard soldier Vadym Bondarenko, who was on duty at the checkpoint. Bondarenko was thrown approximately 30 metres, fatally injured, and died at the scene.
The court found Tandyr guilty under Part 3 of Article 286-1 of Ukraine's Criminal Code of violating road-safety rules while intoxicated, causing the soldier's death. Examinations confirmed his intoxication, a significant speeding violation and violations of road signs, including braking only immediately before impact.
Tandyr refused to undergo an intoxication test after the collision and attempted to substitute water and saliva during the compulsory collection of biological samples. The State Bureau of Investigation conducted 18 examinations, including forensic medical, chemical and automotive technical examinations.
Kyiv's Sviatoshynskyi District Court sentenced Tandyr to nine years in prison, credited three years and five months spent in a pre-trial detention facility, barred him from holding judicial office for 10 years, and ordered him to pay the victim's family 40 million hryvnias in compensation. He remains in custody. He was dismissed as a judge of the Makariv District Court by the Supreme Council of Justice in August 2024.
Sådan beskriver ukrainske kilder det
Ukrainian reports focus on Tandyr's former status as a judge, the fatal collision at a National Guard checkpoint and the nine-year sentence. The coverage also details his refusal to be tested for intoxication, the late braking established by experts, the lengthy court proceedings, custody, asset measures and compensation for the victim's family.
Hvor dækningen adskiller sig
The sources disagree about the age of the soldier who was killed. Most identify Vadym Bondarenko as 22 years old, while one report says he was 23.
Baggrund
The ДБР opened a criminal investigation after the collision and completed its pre-trial investigation in August 2023. The case then went to court, where defence requests led to more than 50 hearings and over 30 motions to recuse the judge and prosecutor. Tandyr attempted to leave pre-trial detention through mobilisation, but the court rejected the request. In May 2026, the ДБР also informed him of a suspicion that he was involved in a scheme to take over flats belonging to deceased people.