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Tymoshenko's defense submitted cassation appeal against "gas sentence"

Tymoshenko's defense submitted cassation appeal against "gas sentence"
Defense team of Yulia Tymoshenko has submitted a cassation appeal against the decision of Pechersk District Court of Kyiv, according to which Tymoshenko was convicted and sentenced to seven years of imprisonment.

"This morning Tymoshenko's defense submitted a cassation appeal to Higher specialized court of Ukraine on criminal and civil cases," Tymoshenko's lawyer Oleksandr Plahotnyuk told UNIAN.

As a reminder, Pechersk District Court of Kyiv convicted and sentenced Yulia Tymoshenko to seven years in prison for abuse of office. Court of Appeals upheld the sentence.