21:00, 31 October 2026

The cassation court agreed with the pensioner's innocence in lewd acts.

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The acquittal of a 91-year-old partially blind pensioner from Dinskaya, who was accused of lewd acts by teenage girls, has been upheld.

As reported by "Caucasian Knot", the case of the 91-year-old pensioner from the village of Dinskaya was submitted to the court in November 2025. The start of the hearings was repeatedly postponed. The court acquitted the elderly man.

The elderly man, who relieved himself near his summer house, was accused of lewd acts by teenage girls who were resting on the shore. The accused suffers from prostate adenoma and chronic urinary incontinence, which is why he had to find a deserted place to relieve himself on the way to his summer house. These teenagers during the identification "spoke in a rush, looking at the floor, in the presence of their mothers and a psychologist, reciting memorized and identical phrases," said the lawyer. The defense insisted that there were no lewd acts. The pensioner himself also denied the accusation. He explained that he is blind in one eye and can only see 10% with the other, and did not see the teenagers on the pier 20 meters away from him .

The cassation court in Krasnodar upheld the acquittal of the partially blind 91-year-old pensioner who was accused of lewd acts. The prosecutor filed a complaint against the decision of the lower courts that acquitted the pensioner. The pensioner's defender, at the request of the family, does not communicate with journalists, writes "Word of Defense".

According to the case card on the website of the 4th Cassation Court of General Jurisdiction, the first hearing was held in closed session, and the decision was made on October 30.

The relatives of the defendant previously refused to comment to "Caucasian Knot" on the man's health condition and the progress of the case. According to one of them, the family does not consider it necessary to attract additional media attention.

The defense claimed the accusation was unsubstantiated

Recall that the accused is a former physics teacher, and his wife is also an educator who worked her entire life as a teacher of the Russian language and literature. Relatives describe the pensioner as a caring husband and loving father. "We are used to teaching children honesty and responsibility, and now we have become victims of a monstrous misunderstanding," said his wife.

He is unable to distinguish a person from a sack of potatoes at such a distance.

According to lawyer Alexey Avanesyan, the pensioner faced pressure and threats, and investigators forced him to confess. On August 5, 2025, the pensioner's relatives stated that his health had significantly deteriorated amid the persecution. The pensioner does not get out of bed, and investigative actions were conducted at home. Meanwhile, the defense insisted that the man did not even see those who accused him. "I took measurements: from the tree where the elderly man relieved himself to the pier where the teenagers stood, it was 19 meters. He not only could not see them, he is unable to distinguish a person from a sack of potatoes at such a distance!" Avanesyan stated.

Avanesyan also noted that the case contains "nothing but the words of four minors and medical documents about the elderly man's severe health condition." "We presented evidence that he physically could not have committed the alleged act," explained the lawyer.

The court, at the request of the investigation, appointed a stationary psychiatric examination, despite arguments about the accused's severe condition. When relatives visited the pensioner in the psychiatric hospital, it turned out that he was sleeping in the corridor because there were no beds available in the wards. After 23 days in the Krasnodar psychiatric hospital, the condition of the accused worsened.

The stationary psychiatric examination showed that the elderly man "does not suffer from any sexual disorders, including pedophilia," reported Alexey Avanesyan on October 23, 2025. On November 8, he reported that the accused turned 91 years old. Avanesyan died at the end of November at the age of 48, the cause of death was an aneurysm.

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Translated automatically via OpenAI from https://www.kavkaz-uzel.eu/articles/427953