Traitorous judge from Genichesk is sentenced to life imprisonment

The Kherson City Court sentenced the former head of the Genichesk District Court to life imprisonment. She was found guilty of high treason and collaboration after she sided with the occupiers.

This was reported by the State Bureau of Investigation.

Natalia Sharko has been working in the justice system since 2009, and since 2020 she has headed the Genichesk court. After Russia's full-scale invasion, she went over to the enemy. The woman passed on personal data of her fellow judges, law enforcement officers, and military personnel to the FSB, as well as reported on local residents with a pro-Ukrainian position. Based on her denunciations, Russians persecuted and detained Ukrainian patriots.

In July 2022, the traitor voluntarily took a position in an illegal judicial body created by the occupation authorities in the Kherson region and is still involved in repressive 'trials' against Ukrainians. She was convicted in absentia under Part 2 of Article 111 (high treason) and Part 7 of Article 111-1 (collaboration) of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.

Earlier, the disciplinary chamber of the High Council of Justice dismissed the traitorous judge. Despite this, Sharko managed to receive almost UAH 1.4 million in salary before her payments from the state budget were suspended. Since October 24, 2023, law enforcement officers have been investigating the possible fact of high treason by Natalia Sharko.

The prosecutor's office notes that the actions of Judge Sharko, who collaborates with the occupiers, defame the title of judge and undermine the authority of justice. Among the victims of her verdicts is Crimean Imam Lenur Khalilov from the Genichesk district, whom the occupation authorities accuse of organizing or participating in an illegal armed group.

Катерина Глушко