A 62-year-old man was sentenced in Pavlodar for the murder of a 72-year-old pensioner committed back in 2012. The crime was solved 14 years later. This was reported by Qazaqyia.kz citing Irbistv.kz.
According to case materials, in 2012 the man was on the territory of the gardening association "Yablonka", where he met a 72-year-old woman and asked to visit her. At the dacha house, they consumed alcohol.
After that, the man raped the pensioner twice, and then strangled her to cover up the crime. The woman's body was found only a few days later.
The Pavlodar resident's involvement in the crime was established 14 years later. He did not deny his guilt in the murder of the woman.
He was released from criminal liability for rape due to the expiration of the statute of limitations. However, he was punished for the murder.
"By the totality of criminal offenses, by partially adding the imposed sentences under this verdict and the verdict of the specialized inter-district court for criminal cases of Pavlodar region dated September 19, 2023, the final sentence is 20 years of imprisonment," judge Zhanna Nygybayeva announced the verdict.
The convict is already in a colony. In 2023, he was found guilty of murdering a 59-year-old acquaintance in the gardening association "Stroitel". According to investigators, during a conflict, the man wrapped a sweater around the woman's neck and strangled her.