Actor Mikhail Yefremov has been sentenced to eight years in prison in a fatal car crash in central Moscow.
The actor, who appeared before a judge in Presnensky's court, will also pay 800,000 rubles in compensation to the eldest son of Sergei Zakharov, who died in the accident, Qadin.Net reports.
It should be noted that M. Yefermov's lawyer was Azerbaijani Elman Pashayev. Although Pashayev repeatedly petitioned during the trial that the actor was not behind the wheel and said that he had a witness, the court did not grant the lawyer's request.