The court sent Joseph Tatra for compulsory treatment

The US citizen Joseph Tater, who came to Russia last year in order, as the American assures, to receive political asylum, forced treatment in a psychiatric clinic will have to undergo. Mr. Tater was trial in the case of an attack on a police officer, but experts found a mental disorder in him.

On Monday, on Monday, on Monday, on April 14, until late evening, the criminal case of a US citizen and the Czech Republic Joseph Tater, accused of applying violence against a representative of the authorities (part 1 of article 318 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation) was considered.

Joseph Tater He was detained August 12, 2024, first in an administrative case. Two days later, the philistine court found him guilty of small hooliganism (part 1 of article 20.1 of the Code of Administrative Offenses) and arrested for 15 days. In addition, a criminal case was opened against the American under an article on the application of violence to a representative of the authorities.

According to the investigation, in August last year, Mr. Tater arrived in the capital. After some time, he went to the Radisson Blu Olimpyiskiy hotel, where he intended to rent a room. However, as it turned out, he did not have a migration card with him. After refusing to register, the American, in the case file, began to behave aggressively, swearing, and the hotel employees called the police. At the OMVD, Mr. Tater refused to provide an identity card, and then hit a police officer.

The accused did not plead guilty to the attack on the policeman. He also stated that he wanted to receive political asylum in Russia, but did not manage to draw up the necessary documents due to the arrest.

During the investigation, Mr. Tater underwent an inpatient examination in the clinical hospital. N. A. Alekseeva, whose doctors revealed a mental disorder in him. Later, the diagnosis was confirmed by specialists of the National Research Center named after V.P. Serbsky. April 6, 2025 Hospitalized defendant. The lawyer of the accused Polina Vlasuk considered this decision illegal. The defense appealed him, but could not achieve cancellation.

In the Meshchansky court, representatives of the state prosecution at the very beginning of the meeting petitioned for the closure of the process. They argued this by the fact that during the hearings the diagnosis of the defendant will be discussed, and the personal data of the victim, who is the current police officer, will also be announced. The defense objected to this petition and asked the court to remove the audience from the hall directly during the announcement of the diagnosis. Mr. Tater himself said that he was not against the publication of his medical condition. The court, however, sided with the prosecutors and removed outsiders from the hall. As a result, as the state prosecution insisted, Mr. Tater was sent for forced treatment to a psychiatric clinic. Lawyers said this decision will be appealed.

Efim Bryantsev