MOSCOW, Jul 26 23-year-old football fan Ivan Tarasov, who attacked 14-year-old teenager in Nizhny Novgorod, admitted his guilt and apologized to the victim and his family. Tarasov said that he had committed a crime and regretted his act.
"I want to apologize to the boy, but not to the public. I am guilty before the boy, before his family", the man said in court in an interview with the "By the way" program.
Tarasov also clarified the reasons for his aggressive actions towards the teenager. look — long hair. I just think that a young man should look more masculine. And in my concept, girls should wear such long hair. I did not want to use any physical violence — I just wanted to communicate. But I did not control my emotions in connection with alcohol intoxication,» he added. The Leninsky District Court of Nizhny Novgorod appointed Tarasov three days of administrative arrest.