"How much is your children's life worth?": Man sentenced to life imprisonment for murdering a two-year-old boy
Kyiv • UNN
In the Dnipropetrovsk region, a man was sentenced to life for taking the children of his former partner hostage and stabbing a two-year-old boy to death. Prosecutor General Kravchenko emphasized the accountability for crimes against children.
A man who took the children of his former partner hostage and then stabbed a two-year-old boy to death in front of his older sister has been sentenced to life imprisonment. This was reported by Prosecutor General Ruslan Kravchenko, according to UNN.
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In the Dnipropetrovsk region, a man has been sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of a two-year-old boy with extreme cruelty
According to Kravchenko, the incident occurred in July 2021 in one of the villages of the Kryvyi Rih district. The convict came to the home of his former partner, taking advantage of the absence of adults. Only two children were in the house: a 7-year-old girl and a 2-year-old boy.
The children knew this man and trusted him. That is exactly what he took advantage of.
Amidst jealousy and a conflict with the woman, he decided she "owed" him for the ruined relationship and used the children as a tool of pressure. He tied their hands and feet, taped the girl's mouth shut, and completely deprived them of the ability to move or call for help
After that, the perpetrator called the mother and, threatening to kill the children, demanded money.
"How much is the life of your children worth?" is not an emotion; it is a crime recorded in the case files
Despite the mother's readiness to fulfill all demands, he did not stop. In front of the sister, he inflicted four knife wounds to the neck of the two-year-old child. After that, he took the money and a phone and fled.
The girl managed to free herself and call for help. The attacker was detained the same day. The boy fought for his life in intensive care for four more days, but the injuries were incompatible with life.
The court supported the prosecution's position and found the man guilty of a series of serious and especially serious crimes. The sentence is life imprisonment. This verdict will not bring the child back to life. But it is the state's response
According to the Prosecutor General, such sentences are a clear signal: no crime against a child will go unpunished.
Every day we open criminal proceedings for crimes against children. These are cases where it is difficult to comprehend the level of cruelty. Murders. Violence. Abuse. A reality that has no excuses. But for every such crime, accountability follows