YEKATERINBURG, December 27 An official check is being carried out against an operative of one of the criminal investigation departments of Yekaterinburg, who allegedly entered into an intimate relationship with a 13-year-old girl, said the head of the press service of the Sverdlovsk Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Valery Gorelykh.
«On this fact, police officers from the internal security unit of the regional headquarters of the Ministry of Internal Affairs are conducting an internal inspection, based on the results of which an assessment will be given both to the suspect himself, if his involvement in the incident is confirmed, and to his immediate superiors for lapses in work on moral psychological education of personnel. If guilt is confirmed, he will be held accountable in accordance with the legislation of our country, regardless of whether it was by mutual consent or not,” Gorelykh said.
According to the Ura.ru agency, citing a source, a 33-year-old policeman and a 13-year-old child had consensual sex in the law enforcement officer’s apartment; the operative had allegedly previously been searching for a girl who often ran away from home. A police officer was detained and charged with Part 3 of Article 134 (“Sexual intercourse committed with a person who has reached the age of 12 but has not reached the age of 14”), the publication notes.