The Solomyanskyi District Court of Kyiv sentenced two men to life imprisonment, who were found guilty of kidnapping and premeditated murder of a hostage.
UNN reports with reference to the press service of the Office of the Prosecutor General.
Details
The Kyiv court sentenced two men to life imprisonment for kidnapping and killing a hostage, and then cutting off his head and arms.
The following was proven in court:
One of the convicts borrowed money from an acquaintance businessman at interest. The debtor's business of trading mobile phones failed. The debt with interest amounted to 2 million US dollars.
According to the prosecutor's office, the "Creditor" decided to use a forceful solution to the issue of debt repayment. He turned to an acquaintance for help, promising to pay him after receiving the money.
The investigation indicates that the chronology of events was as follows:
The men learned that the debtor was allegedly kidnapped by other "creditors", so they decided to take his father hostage.
They carefully planned the crime. To implement the plan, they rented a private house in the Poltava region for six months.
After that, the man was kidnapped on one of the streets of Kyiv and taken to the Poltava region. The debtor's father was kept in the cellar and tortured, demanding that he write a note to his relatives. In the note, he asked to collect 2 million US dollars for his release.
To convince the family of the kidnapped person of the seriousness of their intentions, the torture was filmed on video, which was later seized from the convicts. At the same time, the shocking footage was never shown to the man's relatives. However, they handed over a note from him at the meeting, but eventually did not receive the money - the kidnapped person's family did not have the appropriate funds.
Then the convicts decided to kill the hostage. As the investigators established, the defendants mixed clonidine tablets with alcohol. They forcibly gave the victim a drink, as a result of which he died.
Then they cut off his head and arms to hide the body. They poured cement over the body parts and hid them in a forest belt.
Addition
The convicts are in custody.
The murder case was sent to court back in 2016. The composition of the panel of judges changed twice. The review was started from the beginning, re-interrogating all the witnesses.
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