Moscow, Russia: A Russian surgeon was today sentenced to nine years in jail for manslaughter after he punched a patient, causing him to die in a brutal attack that captured national attention.
Doctor Ilya Zelendinov from the Russian city of Belgorod, 360 miles (580 kilometres) south of Moscow, was caught on security camera punching a male patient in the face, causing him to fall backwards and die from a head injury.
The shocking video footage of the attack on December 29 went viral online and was aired on national television.
Yevgeniya Solodovnikova, a spokeswoman for the Belgorod court, told Agence France Presse that Zelendinov was handed a jail term of nine years and two months and had his medical licence suspended.
Investigators said Zelendinov had hit the patient because he had kicked a nurse during a procedure.
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Doctor Ilya Zelendinov from the Russian city of Belgorod, 360 miles (580 kilometres) south of Moscow, was caught on security camera punching a male patient in the face, causing him to fall backwards and die from a head injury.
The shocking video footage of the attack on December 29 went viral online and was aired on national television.
Investigators said Zelendinov had hit the patient because he had kicked a nurse during a procedure.
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(This story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is auto-generated from a syndicated feed.)
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