A Russian court has acquitted a prison official over the death of lawyer Sergei Magnitsky in 2009. Source: AAP
A MOSCOW court has acquitted a former top prison official accused of negligence over the death in detention of lawyer Sergei Magnitsky in 2009, an incident that sparked a diplomatic row with the United States.
Judge Tatiana Neverova of the Tverskoy district court on Friday delivered an innocent verdict for Dmitry Kratov, the former deputy head of the Butyrka jail. He had done everything in his power to help Magnitsky, she said.
The decision had been widely expected after prosecutors earlier this week unexpectedly said Kratov should be acquitted as there was no "cause-effect" relationship between his actions and the death.
Kratov was the only official remaining as a defendant over the death of Magnitsky, which his supporters say was instigated by top officials after the lawyer discovered a high-level tax scam.
Magnitsky's mother had earlier announced she would boycott the court hearing in protest at the decision by the prosecutors to call for the acquittal of Kratov.
"Participation in this court hearing would have been humiliating for me," Natalia Magnitskaya said in a statement published by her son's former employer, Hermitage Capital.
"I understand that everything has been decided in advance and everything has been pre-determined."
Magnitsky's plight caused international outrage and led to the passage of a US law that blacklists Russian officials allegedly involved in the death.
Moscow retaliated by introducing legislation banning the adoption of Russian children by American citizens, in the biggest diplomatic scandal in years between the two sides.
Russian President Vladimir Putin confirmed on Thursday that he would be signing the bill into law.
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