MOSCOW, May 15 (RAPSI, Diana Gutsul) – Russian national Sergey Senin acquitted by jurors of double homicide has filed a claim with court seeking to collect over 1.3 million rubles ($23,000) in compensation from the Finance Ministry, his attorney Igor Sholokhov told RAPSI on Monday.

According to case papers, on July 13, 2003, unknown persons broke into premises of a businessman in the Tatarstan Republic’s town of Tetyushi to steal an iron safe with money. Two security staffs were shot dead.

Senin, who was charged with the crime, pleaded not guilty. In 2006, charges against Senin were dropped. He exercised the right to rehabilitation and recovered compensation from the Russian authorities. However, 10 years later, in 2016, he was arrested again and charged with double murder, illegal possession of weapons and robbery, Sholokhov said.

Jurors in the Supreme Court of Tatarstan have acquitted the man. In February 2017, Russia’s Supreme Court upheld the ruling.

On May 25, the Supreme Court of Tatarstan will consider Senin’s claim for wage loss indemnity amounting to 399,000 rubles.  On May 31, a district court in Kazan will hear a lawsuit lodged by the man demanding 1 million rubles in damages for unwarranted prosecution.