The court has remanded the head of the Mykolaiv Sports Department in custody: she may be released on bail

The court has remanded Iryna Bondarenko, head of the Mykolaiv Sports Department, in custody. Photo: NikVesti

Today, 4 May, the Central District Court of Mykolaiv imposed a preventive measure on Iryna Bondarenko, head of the city’s sports department. The court remanded her in custody until 26 June, with the possibility of bail.

This was reported by a correspondent for NikVesti.

Prosecutor Ihor Belianskyi asked the court to remand Iryna Bondarenko in custody with the option of bail set at 500 times the minimum subsistence level for able-bodied persons. This amounts to over 1.6 million hryvnias.

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Iryna Bondarenko’s defence team considered the charges of fictitious employment to be unfounded. The lawyers requested that she be placed under night-time house arrest as a preventive measure.

Judge Halyna Podzihun delivered her ruling. Iryna Bondarenko was remanded in custody until 26 June. However, the request was granted in part: the bail amount was set at 832,000 hryvnias.

As a reminder, on 29 April, Iryna Bondarenko, head of the sports department at Mykolaiv City Council, was charged with embezzlement of public funds. The sum in question is over half a million hryvnias.

Mayor Oleksandr Senkevych told NikVesti that Iryna Bondarenko would be suspended from her post for the duration of the investigation.

On 4 May, the court suspended Iryna Bondarenko from her post.