A 33-year-old man who crucified his girlfriend in Yekaterinburg, Russia last October has been found guilty, British media reported. Glass.
Oleg Shchegolikhin was sentenced to 12 years in prison for his heinous crime, but is unlikely to spend any time behind bars as he has volunteered to fight in the Russian army in Ukraine.
His victim, Oksana Kuzmenko, survived the horrific treatment meted out to her by her ex-boyfriend, but sustained permanent physical and psychological aftereffects from the event.
The 40-year-old woman told the court the accused pinned her hands and feet to a wooden board and then doused her in petrol before “lighting her like a candle”.
“He took off my shoes, took my left leg and hammered a nail into it. For my right leg, he took something like a corkscrew and inserted the sharp object into my leg,” Ms. Kuzmenko said.
During his crucifixion, the accused repeatedly threatened to kill the victim.
He then took a cigarette and a lighter, poured petrol over her body and watched her burn as he smoked the cigarette. Eventually, the man put out the fire using a fire extinguisher.
Later, Oleg Shchegolikhin peeled off the burnt skin from Oksana Kuzmenko’s right hand, beat her for an hour, and then ordered her to be taken to the city of Asbestos, about an hour from Yekaterinburg.
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Fearing that the thirty-year-old woman would kill her and hide her body in the forest, the woman deliberately rammed her car into another vehicle. This move may have saved his life, as Shegolikin fled the scene before the police arrived.
Officers found the woman in “critical condition.” She suffered severe burns on her hands, airway, neck, face and back. There were deep injuries on his hands and feet caused by the nails driven by the accused.
Convicted of attempted murder, the man appealed the case and moved to receive a pardon in exchange for six months of military service at the front in Ukraine.
