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The court sentenced him to 12 years in prison for murder and a year and a half for illegal possession of a weapon, but after combining the sentences, O. Sokolov was sentenced to a total of 12 years and 6 months in a strictly regime correctional colony. said Judge Yulia Maksimenko.
Prosecutors demanded that the defendant be sentenced to 15 years in prison and the lawyers requested eight years in prison.
As mitigating factors, the court cited the defendant’s compassion, active assistance in the investigation, apology to the victim’s family, positive characteristics, chronic illnesses, and young children of the defendant, his contribution to the science of history, and awards.
In October, O. Sokolov pleaded guilty in court. The victim’s parents were in court when he was sentenced Friday.
According to the material compiled by investigators, last night from November 7 to 8, O. Sokolov, during a domestic conflict caused by mutual jealousy, seized a rifle in illegal possession in an apartment and once shot a close-up of the student 24-year-old graduate Anastasia Yeshchenko. began to strangle her. Later, O. Sokolov shot the girl with three shots to the head.
A day later, Sokolov decided to dispose of Yeshchenko’s body, cut it into pieces, and throw it into the Moika River.
Earlier, O. Sokolov told the court that his scientific opponent, Ponasenkov, and his criminal group, had motivated him to commit the crime, that they had been “mentally traumatized” for two years. Experts found O. Sokolov guilty.
Speaking in court in October about his interest in military historical events, his research, his work experience at the Sorbonne University and the Order of the French Legion of Honor, Sokolov said: “I want people to know that I am not crazy. for respecting myself. Napoleon, and I am a man who gave his life to the reconstruction of historical military events in Russia, … author of 110 scientific works, 17 monographs, a man awarded by the President of France “.
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