Is it possible to read poetry in court – a St. Petersburg resident spoke in the debate – April 25, 2024

The debate on the case of the theft of a bathtub and electric stove unexpectedly passed with recitation. The defendant asked for one last chance in verse. Did not help.

The verdict was announced on April 25 by the head of the joint press service of the courts of St. Petersburg, Daria Lebedeva. Dmitry turned out to be a man of different talents. Firstly, he managed to leave an apartment on the 19th floor of one of the houses on Korney Chukovsky Street with someone else’s bathtub and stove. The lock on the door was broken, and Dmitry was unstoppable. He sold the stolen goods for scrap metal; the damage was estimated at 10 thousand rubles.

Secondly, instead of the average “I admit everything, forgive me, have mercy” in the debate, Dmitry spoke with poetry:

Here I stand before you, you will judge me.

And the verdict will be broadcast with your lips, I will listen to you, judge.

And I won’t say nasty words to you, I won’t utter curses,

I am ready to cry for my sins, I am not a supporter of understanding them.

I almost went crazy while preparing for the trial.

Giving a chance is not a lot of work, I don’t want to go to prison again.

You have seen the villains here, the souls destroying the bodies of the innocent,

Those who are not ready to bear the cross, having gone through those long paths of suffering.

We make all the mistakes, we pay with time for them,

Our actions are too bad, I want the wind of anger to subside.

May goodness surround you, and may your children be happy.

I don’t want to go to the bottom and get caught in prison snares.

I ask you to give me one last chance, as the air will be there now.

I would shed tears from my eyes, but these are trifles for you.

I give you my word, I am a man, that from now on I will honor the law.

You don’t need a reason for that, I don’t want to go to prison.

And may the Lord protect you, all your relatives and children,

I don’t want to go back again to where time beats people.

I would like to say that the poet received 2 years and 8 months in a general regime colony because the court did not like the poems, but the point, of course, is different – this is Dmitry’s third sentence.