Bulgaria's Supreme Court is to pass Wednesday the final sentence against ice skating champion Maxim Staviski over causing a heavy car crash that killed one man and injured another three last year.

The new hearing on the case is to be held after prosecutors from the coastal city of Burgas filed an appeal against the decision of the Appellate Court to confirm Staviiski's suspended sentence imposed over involuntary manslaughter and aggravated bodily harm.

In the beginning of February, the sportsman was given a 2,5-year suspended sentence and five years to be served in probation over drunk driving and causing a deadly road accident.

Prosecution and the families of the crash victims reiterated demands for the imprisonment of Staviiski.

The crash occurred on August 5 last year after the skater veered into the opposite lane on a bridge over the Ropotamo River near Burgas and crashed headlong into another car with four people riding in it. At the time of the accident, Staviiski had 1,29 per miles of alcohol in his blood.

The crash took the life of Petar Petrov, 24, while one of his passengers - 18-year-old Manuela Gorsova was in coma for almost a year.

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