Court rules to leave Bunkus murder suspects Ulmans and Babenko in detention

• Published date: 25 July 2022
• Publication title: LETA

RIGA, July 25 (LETA) - A court today rejected a request filed by businessmen Mihails Ulmans and Aleksandrs Babenko, two suspects in the murder case of insolvency lawyer Martins Bunkus, to release them from detention, TV3 channel reported.

third suspected detained in this case has not appealed his detention.

s reported, at the end of May, Riga City Vidzeme District Court ruled to remand the three suspects in custody. Ulmans and Babenko appealed their detention to Riga Regional Court but their appeal was rejected in June.

On May 24, the State Police announced that they had managed to establish practically all persons involved in the murder of Bunkus, including the hitman who shot and killed the lawyer and the person who ordered the murder. The hitman and the person who ordered the murder were among several persons taken under arrest on May 24.

The case has been requalified to a criminal case on a murder committed in especially aggravating circumstances if it has been committed by an organized group. Such a crime carries a life sentence or 15-20 years in jail.

Bunkus' family members earlier had mentioned Ulmans' name in relation to...