Abuse of St. Petersburg in Pushkin couple sent to jail until December

Pushkin district court chose a measure of restraint to two men who abused the St. Petersburger and hung him on a mechanical crane-beam. Subsequently, the victim died from blows and injuries. The two accused decided to remain in jail until December 11. This is reported by the joint press service of the courts of St. Petersburg.

The trial was held in closed session. The men are accused of murder and sexual assault. The rapists were detained on October 12, the same day they were charged, and the couple pleaded guilty. The court decided to send them to jail until December 11.

According to investigators, on October 10, one of the defendants drank with a friend in the forest of the Babolovsk Park in Pushkin. Then, teaming up with a “comrade”, they beat a man they knew and committed sexual acts against him.

Later, they were joined by two more drunks, with whom they gathered in an apartment on Park Street, again beat the victim, seated him in the back of the car and took him to the hangar, where he was hung on a mechanical crane-beam. From his injuries, the man died on the spot.