Former Daugavpils Mayor: "I Am Preparing to Go to Prison"

Rihards Eigims, the former mayor of the Latvian city of Daugavpils, says he is ready to serve a sentence for keeping ammunition but rejects the accusation that he extorted a bribe. The former politician made the statement on "Local Question" (Vietējais jautājums), a programme by LSM's Latgale studio.

Eigims faces two accusations: storing cartridges and extorting a bribe. By his own account, he treats them differently. He is prepared to answer for the ammunition he did not hand in, and he says he is ready to go to prison for it. He firmly denies the bribery charge.

The source gives no further details on the course of the case, the possible length of a sentence or court dates.