In Yekaterinburg, after 23 years, a harsh sentence was handed down to a man who tortured an acquaintance to death.
In Yekaterinburg, the Railway District Court has issued a verdict in a criminal case regarding the murder of a man committed more than 22 years ago, the Sverdlovsk region prosecutor's office reported on Tuesday.
The state prosecutor presented evidence to the court that on January 29, 2003, the defendant Maxim Panin and his acquaintance (the criminal case against him was terminated due to his death) were in a state of intoxication in an apartment on Avtomagistralnaya Street.
Due to personal animosities, they developed a criminal intent to kill a mutual acquaintance born in 1961, who was in the same apartment with his cohabitant. The accomplices took turns delivering at least six blows to the 41-year-old victim's head, torso, and neck with their hands and feet.
"Using an electric soldering iron connected to the power supply, Panin and his acquaintance repeatedly applied the heating element of the soldering iron to the victim's body. According to the expert's conclusion, the injuries inflicted on the victim are directly causally related to the victim's death," the prosecutor's office stated.
The jurors, based on the evidence presented by the state prosecutor, rendered a verdict of guilty against the man. He was found guilty under paragraph "j" of Article 105 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation as amended in 2002 (murder by a group of individuals).
Panin did not admit guilt for the incriminated crime.
Taking into account the position of the state prosecutor, based on the verdict of the jury, and considering the partial addition of the unserved sentence from a previously issued verdict, the Railway District Court of Yekaterinburg sentenced Panin to 24 years in a strict regime colony.
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In Yekaterinburg, after 23 years, a harsh sentence was handed down to a man who tortured an acquaintance to death.
In Yekaterinburg, the Railway District Court has issued a verdict in a criminal case regarding the murder of a man committed more than 22 years ago, the Sverdlovsk region prosecutor's office reported on Tuesday.
