A 33-year-old man has been convicted of literally crucifying his girlfriend and then setting her on fire last October in the Russian city of Yekaterinburg because she had ended their relationship, British media reported. woman.
Oleg Shchegolykhin was sentenced to 12 years in prison for his horrific crime, but is unlikely to spend any time behind bars since he volunteered to fight for the Russian army in Ukraine.
His victim, Oksana Kuzmenko, survived the horrific treatment meted out to her by her ex-boyfriend, but she retains lasting physical and psychological scars from the event.
The 40-year-old woman told the court how the accused pinned her hands and feet to a wooden board, then poured petrol over her before “lighting her like a candle”.
“He took off my shoe, took my left leg and hammered a nail into it. For my right leg, he took something like a key and turned the sharp object into my leg,” Ms. Kuzmenko said.
While being crucified, the accused repeatedly threatened to kill his victim.
He then took a cigarette and a lighter, poured gasoline on her body and watched her burn while smoking his cigarette. Eventually, the man used a fire extinguisher to put out the flames.
Then Oleg Shigolekhin peeled the burned skin off Oksana Kuzmenko's right hand, beat her for an hour, and then ordered her to be taken back to the city of Asbest, about an hour from Yekaterinburg.
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Fearing that the 30-year-old would kill her and hide her body in the woods, the victim deliberately crashed his car into another vehicle. This action likely saved his life, as Shchegolekhin fled the scene before the police arrived.
Authorities found the woman in a “horrific condition.” She had suffered severe burns to her arms, respiratory tract, neck, face and buttocks. Her hands and feet had deep cuts from nails driven in by the accused.
After being convicted of attempted murder, the man appealed the case and took steps to obtain a pardon in exchange for six months of military service on the front in Ukraine.
