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Could 13, 2024
A jury in Astana discovered former Kazakh Minister of Economic system Kuandyk Bishimbayev responsible of murdering his spouse Saltanat Nukenova. He was sentenced to 24 years in jail.
The courtroom imposed jail sentences on former Minister of Economic system Kuandyk Bishimbayev and his cousin Bakhytzhan Baizhanov, director of the BAU restaurant the place Saltanat Nukenova was killed.
Earlier, within the deliberation room, the jury answered 13 questions by secret poll, after which choose Aizhan Kulbaeva decided the punishments for the defendants. Courtroom admitted Bishimbayev is responsible of homicide with excessive cruelty and torture of his spouse.
The previous Minister of Economic system was sentenced to 24 years in jail. The courtroom additionally ordered Bishimbayev to pay two million tenge ($4.5 thousand) to the state for authorized prices and 103 thousand tenge ($233) to the Sufferer Compensation Fund.
The second defendant within the case, Baizhanov, was discovered responsible of concealing a criminal offense and was sentenced to 4 years in jail.
After the decision was introduced, Nukenova’s brother Aitbek Amangeldy instructed reporters that the household anticipated an identical sentence for Bishimbayev.
“Mainly, on this [тюремном] we’ll cease quickly. In 24 years he shall be 68 years outdated. That is nearly a life sentence,” Amangeldy famous.
What did Bishimbayev admit to?
Could 8, Bishimbaev and Baizhanov spoke on the trial with the final phrase. Each defendants learn out a ready speech.
Bishimbayev spoke first, beginning with ideas about God and the trials that an individual encounters on the trail of life. He in contrast the occasions of the day Nukenova died to “God’s take a look at.”
“Whether or not we prefer it or not, whether or not we understand it or not, we cross his take a look at on daily basis. Check for the very best ethical values. On that day, I have to say, that night time from November 8 to 9 (the time of my spouse’s loss of life – BBC), I didn’t cross this take a look at […] My actions precipitated the loss of life of the particular person I liked,” Bishimbayev mentioned.
The defendant emphasised that he didn’t need Nukenova to die and “didn’t anticipate such an consequence” of the occasions that night.
“I’m responsible, however not of premeditated homicide. From the primary minute of my arrest, I instructed the reality in regards to the circumstances of that day; I didn’t strive, though I had each alternative, to cover and evade duty,” mentioned the previous Minister of Economic system.
He requested the jury to “be goal and truthful” in opposition to the backdrop of how the authorities, based on Bishimbayev, are working in opposition to him “with an accusatory and biased bias”, and what he believes is a marketing campaign to incite hatred on social networks.
Baizhanov, the second defendant, famous in his final phrase that on his directions, video recordings from cameras within the restaurant the place Nukenova died had been deleted, and likewise on his directions they introduced girls’s garments and took the deceased’s telephone, taking it to a different place.
Nevertheless, based on the defendant, he didn’t know {that a} severe crime had been dedicated, because of which Nukenova died that day. Each defendants requested for forgiveness from the household and associates of the deceased.
How the place of Bishimbayev and his protection modified
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Throughout his final phrase, Bishimbayev admitted that he was responsible of inflicting grievous bodily hurt ensuing within the loss of life of his spouse. The previous minister doesn’t agree with the accusations of torturing Nukenova and killing her with specific cruelty.
Bishimbayev mentioned a number of instances through the trial that he didn’t admit guilt within the homicide of his spouse. He and his protection insist that Nukenova died because of her accidents from falling and hitting her head on the bathroom and the restaurant ground.
On the preliminary listening to on March 11, the ex-minister’s attorneys even petitioned to vary the article to a softer one – inflicting loss of life by negligence. If for homicide with excessive cruelty Bishimbayev would withstand 20 years in jail or a life sentence, then for inflicting loss of life by negligence – as much as three years in jail.
Bishimbayev’s protection at preliminary hearings claimedthat “the defendant had no intent to kill and didn’t kick Nukenova.”
“Certainly, there was a battle within the restaurant. All of Bishimbayev’s actions had been aimed toward calming Saltanat Nukenova,” the lawyer mentioned.
Later, after the video of the beating was made public, the ex-minister admitted that he kicked his spouse “on the thigh” and hit her within the face to carry her to her senses.
Bishimbayev and his protection declare that the motive for Nukenova’s homicide was not confirmed in courtroom.
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What particulars of the case turned recognized in courtroom?
On the trial it turned recognized that Bishimbayev forbade his spouse to work, advise individuals on astrology, and managed her. In accordance with the state prosecution, whereas married, the ex-minister used bodily and psychological violence in opposition to Nukenova, and the motive for the homicide was his jealousy.
Prosecutor Aizhan Aimaganova revered Nukenova’s word, which she wrote down on her telephone. “I am not your toy, I am not your youngster, [чтобы] continuously scaring me and repeating the identical factor – I’m not weak-minded, when you haven’t observed. I don’t wish to take heed to what and the way I ought to do 24/7. After each quarrel, I come to my senses for a day, after which I have to thoughts my very own enterprise, meet you with a smile, and God forbid I be drained,” the prosecutor quoted Nukenova.
Throughout the trial, Bishimbayev’s telephone was unlocked. Choose Aizhan Kulbaeva examined the telephone and performed 12 movies that the ex-minister filmed in a restaurant and in a automobile on November 9, earlier than his spouse’s loss of life. In these movies, Bishimbayev insults Nukenova and asks her about previous sexual relationships.
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The forensic examination concluded that Nukenova died because of a traumatic mind harm – loss of life occurred 6-8 hours earlier than the arrival of the ambulance.
In accordance with the state prosecution, three individuals within the restaurant referred to as on Bishimbayev greater than fifteen instances to name an ambulance, however docs had been referred to as solely on the morning of November 9.
Forensic skilled Tahir Halimnazarov instructed on the trial that Nukenova had a comminuted fracture of her nostril, which can’t be brought on by hitting a flat floor – the ground, as Bishimbayev and his attorneys declare.
“To [нос] crumbled, you need to hit the particular person in opposition to the bathroom. […] This isn’t such a distance that an individual’s physique would speed up and hit like that. This peak shouldn’t be sufficient to generate such kinetic power of the physique and to obtain such a severe harm,” the specialist mentioned.
Furthermore, on the trial it turned recognized that because of the accidents, Nukenova developed a mind hematoma with a quantity of 230 ml of blood – that is thought of deadly.
The examination, as well as, concluded that on the day of loss of life Nukenova was not drunk: the alcohol content material in her blood was insignificant. Quite the opposite, Bishimbayev claimed that Nukenova drank three bottles of glowing wine with him in a restaurant and “sorted issues out with him.”
How the trial of Bishimbayev affected Kazakhstan
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Caption for the picture, Inscription on the poster: “Say no to home violence!”
The homicide of astrologer Saltanat Nukenova and the trials had an important public resonance in Kazakhstan.
Hundreds of posts had been revealed on social networks in protection of the murdered lady. Kazakhstanis additionally demanded that the adoption of the legislation on home violence be accelerated. So, the net petition, which launched again in 2021, collected greater than 120 thousand signatures after the loss of life of Nukenova and the detention of Bishimbayev.
The amendments being thought of within the Parliament of Kazakhstan obtained the unofficial title “Saltanat Regulation”. Again in 2023, on behalf of the President of Kazakhstan, parliamentarians initiated a invoice to criminalize beatings. Nevertheless, by January 2024, solely the decrease home of parliament, the Mazhilis, had adopted the doc.
On April 11, the Senate authorized the invoice in two readings. 4 days later, President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev signed legislation.
Thus, the authorities have tightened the punishment for beatings and minor bodily hurt, growing the advantageous by eight instances and the time period of arrest by two and a half instances. Now for assault the advantageous is as much as 295 thousand tenge ($650), and the time period of arrest is as much as 25 days.
Furthermore, the authorities started to shortly reply to stories of home violence dedicated by officers. Could 10, Astana Police Division opened a prison case in opposition to diplomat Saken Mamash, who beforehand labored as an adviser to the Ambassador of Kazakhstan to the United Arab Emirates.
On Could 6, the International Ministry recalled Mamash from the UAE because of allegations of home violence. His spouse Karina Mamash requested for assist from the state by the NeMolchiKZ human rights basis.
Group revealed video message from a Kazakh lady on social networks. Within the video, the lady mentioned that she had been subjected to bodily, financial and emotional violence for 10 years. Mamash requested the state to assist her and produce her husband to justice.
