04:52, 5 August 2026

The court found the restaurant car waitress guilty of poisoning children traveling to Tuapse.

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The cassation court upheld the sentence of the restaurant car waitress on the Murmansk - Adler train, where a mass poisoning of children occurred in August 2021. The lower court fined the waitress, but she was exempted from payment due to the expiration of the statute of limitations for criminal liability.

As reported by "Caucasian Knot", on August 10, 2021, investigators reported that in the Rostov region and Krasnodar Krai, the director, cook, and waitress of the restaurant car on the Murmansk - Adler train were detained in connection with the poisoning of child passengers. According to the investigation, the cook and waitress were aware of their norovirus infection but did not inform their employer, "ignoring sanitary rules, norms, and hygiene standards", which led to the mass illness of children. The poisoning case was sent to court in April 2023.

From August 7 to 9, 2021, 91 children out of 245 traveling from Karelia and the Murmansk region for vacation in Krasnodar Krai were hospitalized. Doctors diagnosed them with norovirus, which usually enters the human body through poor-quality or poorly processed food and water, as well as through dirty dishes.

The Fourth Cassation Court of General Jurisdiction recognized the sentence of the former restaurant car waitress as lawful, in which a mass poisoning of child passengers occurred in 2021, writes "Morning South" on August 4.

The Tuapse District Court previously established that the waitress was a carrier of the norovirus infection. Despite having clear symptoms of illness, she worked without personal protective equipment and interacted with colleagues. According to her, she did this to avoid disruptions in the restaurant's operations and to maintain her earnings.

As a result, 123 children and eight adults were infected with the virus, all of whom required urgent hospitalization.

The court in Tuapse found the waitress guilty under part 1 of Article 236 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (violation of sanitary and epidemiological rules, resulting in mass illness through negligence) and fined her 600,000 rubles. She was exempted from paying the fine due to the expiration of the statute of limitations for criminal liability. However, the conviction remained in force, which she initially appealed in the appellate court and then in cassation. The Krasnodar Regional Court, and then the Fourth Cassation Court of General Jurisdiction upheld the sentence.

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