Pastor Andrey Smirnov, the owner of a burned-out orphanage in Kemerovo, and his lawyer stated in court that all controlling and inspection bodies knew about the work of Good Deeds. According to them, doctors, police officers and the Federal Penitentiary Service handed in people who had nowhere to go. This is reported by NGS42.RU from the courtroom.
According to Smirnov, the police brought homeless people from Zavodskoy and Rudnichny districts of the city to him.
“They brought, asked, persuaded. They brought them from the police, from the Federal Penitentiary Service, that is, those released from places of deprivation of liberty, who literally had nowhere [to go]. There were the legless. He provided assistance, organized meals, lodging for the night. Literally all this was on him, ”Smirnov’s lawyer confirmed in court.
Smirnov claims he does not know what could have caused the fire. He suggested at the trial that perhaps the person who drank and smoked in the room, and was also responsible for the operation of the boiler, was to blame.
A fire broke out in a nursing home on Tavricheskaya Street in Kemerovo on the evening of December 23. 22 people died and six were injured. According to preliminary data, the cause was the improper use of the furnace. The Investigative Committee for the Kemerovo Region opened criminal cases under articles on causing death by negligence (Article 109), negligence (Article 293) and provision of unsafe services (Article 238).
The shelter was not officially registered. The organizer of the shelter was the pastor of the Evangelical Church Andrey Smirnov. Earlier at the trial, he pleaded guilty.
