Suspected of raping his own daughter: ex-employee of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine granted bail of UAH 332,800

In Kyiv, law enforcement officers are investigating a criminal case concerning a former employee of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine who is suspected of sexual crimes against his own underage daughter.

According to sources UA.News, this concerns, in particular, the rape of the child, as well as the production and possession of sexually explicit materials involving her.

On the same day the Obolonskyi District Court of Kyiv considered the matter of a preventive measure and set the possibility of bail at 332,800 hryvnias.

According to sources, the investigation has established facts of repeated sexual acts against a minor child. Law enforcement is also checking the circumstances of photo and video documentation of these acts and the storage of related materials on the suspect’s personal computer. The individual reportedly worked in the staff of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine until 2024. After the start of the criminal prosecution, he allegedly mobilized into the Armed Forces of Ukraine, possibly attempting to obtain procedural immunity or avoid arrest. Whether this is indeed the case is to be determined by the investigation.

12 August 2026, law enforcement officials formally served him with a renewed, more serious set of charges under several articles of the Criminal Code of Ukraine, including the commission of sexual acts against a minor and the production of pornographic content involving a child.

However, on the same day the judge of the Obolonskyi District Court of Kyiv, Inna Hennadiyivna Makarenko, made a decision allowing the suspect to be released on bail. The bail amount was set by the court at 332,800 hryvnias. After paying this sum, the former Constitutional Court official and suspect in a pedophilia case may remain at liberty, which creates direct risks both for the affected child and for society as a whole.

At the time of publication of the article, the full text of the court ruling is not publicly available, so the court’s final reasoning and the list of procedural obligations imposed on the suspect require additional verification against the text of the decision.

Previously we wrote:

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• Downloaded prohibited content via torrent: in Mykolaiv, a man was convicted for possessing child pornography
• Police exposed a man suspected of crimes against the sexual integrity of children
• Nine years to the verdict: in the Korabelnyi district, a pensioner received a suspended sentence for corrupting a neighbor’s girl
• A man lured and raped girls aged 12 and 14 via Telegram