MOSCOW, June 9 (RAPSI, Diana Gutsul) - A court in Kazan on Friday recovered 200,000 rubles ($3,500) from the Russian Finance Ministry in favor of Sergey Senin acquitted of double homicide for unlawful prosecution, lawyer Igor Sholokhov told RAPSI.

The defendant did not admit Senin’s claim during the hearing. A prosecutor in turn asked the court to grant the lawsuit in part.

The ruling will be appealed, Sholokhov said.

The plaintiff has demanded 1 million rubles ($17,500) in damages for unwarranted prosecution. Senin was detained within 8 months and 22 days. He was subjected to moral and physical suffering, the attorney told RAPSI earlier.

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 told RAPSI earlier.

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

In late May, the Supreme Court of Tatarstan collected 399,716 rubles (nearly $7,000) from the Finance Ministry in favor of Senin for wage loss indemnity.