One of the TV channels reported that the Saint Petersburg court convicted a person of use of excessive force in self-defense who struck a fatal blow to one of the neighbors that assaulted his spouse.

It is emphasized that the criminal case was filed to court under a different, more serious article, although, in opinion of journalists, the male’s actions should have been considered as use of excessive force in self-defense.

Chairman of the IC of Russia A. I. Bastrykin ordered M. G. Parastaeva, Acting Head of the Main Investigative Department of the IC of Russia for Saint Petersburg, to submit a detailed report on the reasons for opening this criminal case and findings justifying the classification of the male’s actions chosen by law enforcement.