“Tulun maniac” sentenced to 24 years in prison for murder and rape

The Irkutsk regional court found a local resident guilty of two murders and a series of rapes of women. About it informs Interfax with reference to the press service of the court.

“He was sentenced to 24 years of imprisonment with restraint of liberty for a period of 1 year and 10 months with serving in a strict regime colony,” the court said.

The accused was found guilty under clause “a, k” part 2 of Art. 105 (murder of two persons, committed with the aim of concealing another crime), paragraph “b”, part 2 of Art. 131 (rape), paragraph “b”, part 2 of Art. 132 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (violent acts of a sexual nature). The crimes were committed between 2000 and 2019 in the city of Tulun.

During the preliminary investigation, the 52-year-old accused confessed that he had committed two murders and 27 rapes of women. According to the investigation, the man acted according to one scenario: threatening with a knife, he took his victims to deserted places, where he committed sexual crimes. He was detained and arrested in January 2019.