A rope-jumping teacher has been sentenced in Kazakhstan to 4 years in jail after a married mother of three plunged 100 ft to her loss of life in entrance of her horrified husband.
Alexander Muznikas, 33, was handed down the sentence Thursday within the Oct. 10, 2021, loss of life of Yevgenia Leontyeva, 33, at a rope-jumping attraction within the Kazakh metropolis of Karaganda.
Talking earlier than the courtroom, Muznikas, who was convicted of providing providers that didn't meet security guidelines and inflicting loss of life by negligence, stated he categorically rejected the prosecution’s accusations towards him.
“In my actions there was no intent to hurt anybody, not to mention — trigger anybody loss of life,” Muznikas informed the courtroom, in accordance with reporting by the Russian-language information website eKaraganza.kz.
Muznikas additionally took umbrage at being the one particular person on trial in reference to the lady’s loss of life, regardless that he stated there have been different staffers working the attraction that day.
“I want to add that I used to be not the one who had developed the system that malfunctioned and led to the tragedy,” he stated.
Leontyeva’s husband emotionally described how he witnessed her fall to her loss of life.
“My spouse was crushed earlier than my eyes,” Tkachenko stated.
Within the distressing cellphone footage, Tkachenko will be heard yelling in Russian to his spouse “I like you!” seconds earlier than her physique strikes the concrete pavement, which is adopted by screams of shocked bystanders.
Leontyeva had been reluctant to make the leap from the rooftop of the Constellation resort, regardless that she had carried out so earlier than, prosecutors stated.
She let her feminine buddy go first, and this “rope free-flying” leap was profitable, a courtroom was informed final week.
Witnesses stated Leontyeva had appeared “afraid” — however they heard teacher Muznikas urging her to leap.
He was overheard telling the lady: “It’s not the primary time you’ve jumped. You know the way to do it. Did I put a security harness on you for nothing?”
Leontyeva is then seen within the video leaping from the rooftop, hitting the bottom after which slamming into an iron fence, in accordance with experiences.
A cross-line to which her rope was hooked up — and which was supposed to interrupt Leontyeva’s fall, leaving her suspended above the bottom — failed to carry or was not secured.
A person is seen within the recording falling to the bottom as she crashes down.
He's believed to have been holding the protection line, which ought to have been hooked up to the tree, and he was floored by the power of Leontyeva’s 100-foot fall pulling on the unsecured rope.
Leontyeva suffered a severe cranium fracture and mind accidents, and a number of damaged bones on the best aspect of her physique. She was rushed to a hospital however died as surgeons tried to avoid wasting her.
Talking exterior the courthouse, Tkachenko insisted that his spouse’s loss of life was the fault of staffers operating the rope-jumping attraction.
“They didn't coordinate their actions,” the widower stated. “The trainer didn’t look down to verify the rope was tied. He simply informed her: ‘Leap!’ I don’t want this on anybody. He's responsible.”
Tkachenko is now left to alone elevate three sons, ages 8, 11 and 12, one in every of whom the couple had taken in after the loss of life of a relative.
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