The Supreme Court of Justice rejected as unfounded the appeals of the lawyers for Adrian Nichifor and his grandson Trofim Nichifor and upheld the decisions convicting the two. This decision is irrevocable, the Prosecutor General’s Office said, quoted by IPN.
On June 20, 2011, the Ciocana District Court found Adrian Nichifor guilty of hooliganism under aggravating circumstances and deliberate murder and sentenced him to 17 years in jail. By the same sentence, the case against the 24-year-old Trofim Nichifor, over bearing of firearms and ammunitions without authorization, was dropped, while on the count of offense favoring, he was acquitted.
At the start of this year, the Chisinau Appeals Court rejected the appeals of Adrian Nichifor’s lawyers, but accepted the prosecutor’s appeal in the case of Trofim Nichifor. Thus, the Court upheld the decision of the first court by which Adrian Nichifor was sentenced to 17 years behind bars and passed a new judgment in the case of his grandson, fining this 18,000 lei.
On April 11, 2010, Adrian Nichifor came into conflict with brothers Iurie and Lilian Parlici near a bar in Grozesti village, as he didn’t like where these parked their car. Phoned by Adrian Nichifor, Trofim Nichifor came shortly to the bar, bringing a gun. Adrian Nichifor fired five shots at Iurie Parlici, injuring him fatally.
