A maniac was sentenced by a court in the Arkhangelsk region for committing a series of massacres against women. This was stated in the regional administration of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation.
In 1989, defendant twice met women waiting for transportation and offered them a ride. In fact, he took them to his country house, where he tried to convince them to have sex.
In July of the same year, he brought one of the victims to the dacha and, after receiving a refusal, tried to strangle her. After making sure that no signs of life appeared on the woman, he decided to hide the traces of the crime and move her to the forest near the village of Vainovo. She died from her injuries.
A few days later, he brought another victim with him, had sex with her, then took her to the same forest and strangled her. In July 1990, he killed another woman on Krasnovlotsky Island.
During the investigation of old crimes, investigators and criminologists of the Investigative Committee, along with employees of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, were able to identify him.
Thanks to psychological contact, the ex-convict confessed and spoke in detail about the crimes he had committed.
The statement said that the court initially sentenced him to 9 years and 11 months in prison in a high-security colony, but taking into account previous sentences for similar crimes, the final decision imposed life imprisonment. material.
On June 13, the First Court of Appeal reduced the sentence of Yuri Velkin, convicted of serial murders of pensioners, robbery and attempted murder. The sentence was reduced to 21 years and 9 months in prison.