The court upheld the sentence against a girl who smoked a hookah on… (суд · приговор · девушка)
The court upheld the sentence against a girl who smoked a hookah on a paschal loaf. The Lefortovsky Court of Moscow left unchanged the verdict against Ksenia Belousova, who was convicted for insulting the feelings of believers after publishing a video of a hookah made from a paschal loaf.
Consensus
- Ksenia Belousova was convicted for insulting religious feelings by making a hookah from a paschal kulich and posting the video online
- The Moscow court upheld the original sentence of three years and 25 days in colony
- The case was based on Article about insulting religious feelings
- Belousova had a previous conditional sentence for drug possession
- The video was published in April and the trial concluded in May
Points of divergence
- The court rejected the appeal and confirmed the previous ruling, with Belousova admitting guilt and expressing remorse — vedomosti
- The court did not satisfy the appeal and dismissed the appeal, with Belousova having previously been sentenced to three years conditionally for drug possession — vm
Coverage (2 sources)
- Court Upheld Sentence for Girl Who Smoked Hookah on a Bun — Ведомости
- Woman who smoked hookah on a Paschal loaf appeals court ruling — Вечерняя Москва