Journalist Dmitry Matveyev did not slander the convicted woman

Aktobe journalist Dmitry Matveyev was acquitted of a libel case for lack of corpus delicti. The sentence was passed by the judge of the court number 2 of Aktobe T. Aldanova. The  court also recognized Matveyev's  right to rehabilitation and compensation for harm caused by unlawful criminal prosecution.

Irina Gurko, who was sentenced to 9 years in prison in November 2016 charged the journalist for libel. The reason was the article “Lawyers can  suspected and arrested too” (“Eureka”, 11/04/2015), “A society hostess was sent to jail for 9 years” (“Eureka”, 11/09/2016). Articles were  based on the  investigation documents, open trial and court verdict.

Irina Gurko argued that  the journalist spread deliberately false information in publications that "injured her honor and dignity."