MOSCOW, February 16 (RAPSI, Diana Gutsul) – Victims in the case of school student Sergey Gordeev, who took his classmates hostage and shot a teacher and a policeman in February 2014, have lodged an appeal against a ruling to send the teen for compulsory medical treatment, Trunov, Aivar and Partners, the firm representing the victims, informed on its website on Tuesday.

On February 8, the Moscow Regional Military Court ordered that the case be closed because for absence of elements of crime in the act, the defendant be discharged from liability and sent for forced medical treatment. The court thus supported the position of prosecution.

The injured persons insist that Gordeev is perfectly healthy. Moreover, judicial investigation was not conducted in principle, lawyer Igor Trunov said.

Victims demand in the appeal to reverse the court ruling and to return the case to prosecutors.

The trial was held behind closed doors because the defendant is under-age person.

The incident took place on February 3, 2014, when Sergey Gordeev, 15, brought a rifle and a carbine to school. He killed a police officer and a teacher, injured one more person and took hostages.

The Investigative Committee found that the student fired at least 11 times from the small caliber rifle before he was arrested.

The teenager partially admitted his guilt. The psychiatric evaluation showed that he is mentally fit. Last summer, the Moscow City Court confirmed the original court’s ruling that the student undergo compulsory medical treatment.

In late September, relatives of victims filed a cassational appeal with the Presidium of the Moscow City Court. They requested that the original ruling of the Butyrsky District Court be overturned as well as the ruling of the Moscow City Court in the appeal. They wanted the case to be returned to the court of original jurisdiction for a review starting from initial proceedings. On November 13, the Moscow City Court Presidium revoked a ruling ordering Gordeev to undergo psychiatric treatment.