OMSK, August 30 A taxi driver from Omsk who kidnapped and raped a woman and stole her Mazda-6 car was sentenced to 13 years in prison, reported regional prosecutor's office.
The crime was committed in March 2023. A previously convicted 40-year-old taxi driver found on the site an advertisement for the sale of a Mazda-6 car, which was posted by a 30-year-old woman. He came to her house under the pretext of buying a car, after which he pointed an object similar to a gun at her. Then the man stole jewelry, a mobile phone, money and other things.
“At the same time, threatening to kill the woman, he forced the woman to sign a form of a contract for the sale of her Mazda-6 car, as well as to provide a password for accessing the Sberbank Online application. After receiving the password, he stole money from a bank account. Further, against the will of the victim, the man took her to the basement of the garage, where he held her for a long time and struck her with a stun gun, after which he took the woman out of Omsk and committed rape against her, as well as violent acts of a sexual nature,» the press service reported.
When the man tried to sell the car, the buyers doubted that the car belonged to him and contacted the police. The police detained him, a criminal case was initiated under the articles «robbery», «kidnapping», «rape» and «violent acts of a sexual nature.» The law enforcement officers estimated the damage from the crime at 1.964 million rubles.
«The court sentenced him to 13 years in prison in a special regime colony,» the press service added.
The court also ordered him to pay the girl 500 thousand rubles.