Aliaksandr Frantsuzau

truck driver, sentenced to 4 years in prison

Former prisoner

Date of birth: 23 December 1992

Date of detention: 11 August 2020

Charges indicted:

  • Art. 364 of the Criminal Code — Violence or threat of violence against an employee of the internal affairs bodies

Sentence: 4 years

Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony

Date of release: 2 June 2024

Judge: Yauhen Yerafeyeu

Prosecutor: Siamion Fiadorchanka

Cases: Protests in Žlobin

Aliaksandr Frantsuzau is a 28-year-old long haul truck driver from Žlobin. On December 18, 2020, he was sentenced by the Žlobin District Court to 4 years in prison under Art. 364 of the Criminal Code for allegedly running over deputy head of the city police department on August 10, 2020.

On the night of August 10, Aliaksandr agreed to drive his friends to the city center.

However, they did not reach the city center. On one of the streets, they got into a traffic jam, where policemen were taking people out of their cars. Aliaksandr was detained after police officer Dzmitry Dziadziun hung on the window of his car, as he was trying to leave. And then, when the car picked up speed, the officer fell.

Aliaksandr has a 4-year-old son.

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