A Russian history teacher is sentenced to 12 and a half years in prison after harrowing the body of his girlfriend last year.
Professor Oleg Sokolov, 64, admitted to pleading guilty to a court in St.Petersburg that he had killed her girlfriend, Ms Anastasia Yeschenko. The 24-year-old claimed that he had done it because of a serious fight that caused anger.
Sokolov, who received the Order of “Le Gian Donner” from the French government in 2003, was arrested in November of last year after he was found in a drunken state that he walked into a river in the town. St. Petersburg And found that in the bag there was a young woman’s “forearm”
Judge Yulia Maximengo yesterday sentenced celebrity teacher to 12 and a half years in prison for murder and illegal possession of a firearm.
“He was conscious of everything as he acted,” Maximengo reads the verdict, stating that the killing intent. “It happened suddenly”
Sokolov’s lawyer, Sergey Lukyanov States that they do not agree with this judgment And is considering whether an appeal will be submitted or not.
Sokolov is a history teacher at Saint Petersburg State University and has close ties to the Russian government. He is an expert in French history. And there are many writings on the history of France during Napoleon Bonaparte.
Many of Sokolov’s disciples revealed that the Master had had various inappropriate behaviors. And urged university administrators to investigate the matter
Human rights activists say Each year, nearly 16.5 million Russian women fall victim to domestic violence. But efforts to push laws against violence and protect victims have not been successful.
Source: AFP
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