The court will announce the verdict of the American Greiner in a few hours

KHIMKI, Aug 4. The Khimki Court of the Moscow Region will announce the verdict on American basketball player Brittney Griner, accused of smuggling hash oil, in the coming hours on Thursday, a correspondent from the Khimki courtroom reports. In the last word, the basketball player spoke about her childhood. “I grew up in a normal house, (parents – ed.) … instilled responsibility to work hard and appreciate what you have. That's why I pleaded guilty to the charges that were brought against me, but I never had intentions to violate Russian law. I want the court to understand that it was an honest mistake that I made, packing things in a hurry and experiencing post-COVID stress, “Greiner said in court. She apologized to the team, parents, relatives” for shame ” , and also expressed the hope that the court would not end her career. In the debate of the parties, the prosecutor asked Brittney Griner to be sentenced to 9.5 years in a penal colony and a fine of 1 million rubles. He considered fully proven her guilt under part 1 of article 228 and point “c” of part 2 of article 229.1 (storage and smuggling of narcotic drugs or their analogues). The state prosecutor added that no mitigating or aggravating circumstances were established.