The Krasnochikoisky District Court sentenced a resident of the Trans-Baikal Territory to four years in a penal colony in the case of driving his wife to suicide by cruel treatment (Part 1 of Article 110 of the Criminal Code). This was reported on the website of the court.
The decision was made on March 15. On this day, Roman Novokreshchin was convicted under Article 110 of the Criminal Code, according to the case file.
According to investigators, since 2018, the Transbaikalian has been threatening his wife, beating her, humiliating her, and “thus bringing her to a feeling of hopelessness and helplessness, in which the only salvation for a woman was to take her own life.” As a result, in September 2020, Novokreshchina's wife committed suicide by drinking acetic acid.
During the court hearings, the accused pleaded not guilty and claimed that he had not caused his wife «physical and mental suffering», and all the witnesses slander.