MOSCOW, April 29 (RAPSI) - Prosecutor Maria Semenenko asked a jury Monday to hand down a guilty verdict against Yusup Temerkhanov for the murder of former Russian Colonel Yury Budanov, RAPSI reports from the Moscow City Court.

She said Temerkhanov's guilt has been proven beyond reasonable doubt based on witness testimony and a criminal examination.

"His fingerprints are on the gun that killed Budanov and in the scorched car, and his DNA was found on sunglasses and gloves," she said.

Semenenko stated that only one witness confirmed the defendant’s testimony and called on the jury to hand down a fair verdict, considering that the defendant’s guilt has been fully proven.

Budanov was convicted of war crimes charges in Chechnya in July 2003. A military court found him guilty of abuse of power in connection with the kidnapping and the murder of Elza Kungayeva. He was sentenced to 10 years in prison and deprived of his rank, his medals, and the chance to hold official positions for three years after his release.

In January 2009, he was released on parole. In June 2011, Budanov was shot dead as he walked out of a notary office in Moscow. According to investigators, Temerkhanov shot Budanov eight times.

They believe that Temerkhanov planned the murder after his father was killed in Chechnya in 2000. They suspect that he picked Budanov as his victim because the colonel had been tried for kidnapping and killing Kungayeva.