Man throws mother-in-law to death from fifth-floor balcony because she was ‘too much trouble’
- The 84-year-old woman was thrown 15 meters and died in Artyom, Russia
A man has been arrested after he shot and killed his mother-in-law from a fifth-floor balcony because she was “too much trouble”.
Grainy footage shows the horrific moment the 84-year-old woman was thrown 15 metres from an apartment building in the Russian town of Artyom in the Primorsky region.
She died at the scene from multiple injuries, it was reported. Her identity has not been released.
Her son-in-law, 54 years old, has been arrested by police on suspicion of murder.
Another fragment shows the anonymous man being handcuffed and escorted away by the police.
The moment a Russian man, now in prison for murder, throws his mother-in-law from the fifth floor to her death in Artyom, in Russia’s Far East
Russian man (handcuffed) arrested for murder after throwing mother-in-law from fifth floor to her death. Man faces up to 15 years in prison
The suspect told officers he wanted to “relieve” his son of caring for the retiree, as she reportedly “had limited mobility and did not want his son to continue caring for her. He felt this was too much of a burden and therefore threw the victim from the fifth-floor balcony.”
The suspect has been remanded in custody for two months pending further investigation.
If found guilty, he faces up to 15 years in prison.
This came just days after a woman was sentenced to seven and a half years in prison after throwing her newborn daughter out of a window because she was “afraid a baby would ruin her career.”
Katarina Jovanovic, 28, from Lauffen am Neckar, state of Baden-Württemberg, Germany, was found guilty of manslaughter by the Heilbronn District Court on Wednesday, July 3.
The judges heard how 10 months ago, on September 12, she had secretly given birth at home and then dropped her baby daughter almost 3.5 metres onto the asphalt from the window of her apartment.
Shocked passers-by found the body of the minutes-old baby with a crushed skull under Jovanovic’s balcony and called the police.
Prosecutors told the court that Jovanovic (pictured) thought becoming a mother would ruin her career as a manager in Porsche’s legal department
The newborn was thrown 12 feet out of an apartment window onto the asphalt below (photo shows a general view of the apartment building)
Jovanovic confessed to the crime at the start of the trial in April, but could not explain to the court when that happened, ASB Zeitung reported.
She also claimed that she did not know she was pregnant. But the prosecution accused her of murder and of deliberately hiding her pregnancy from colleagues and neighbors.
Prosecutors told the court that Jovanovic feared motherhood would jeopardize her career as a manager in Porsche’s legal department.
Public prosecutor Mareike Hafendoerfer said: ‘The suspect was not prepared to put aside her life plans, and in particular her professional development, for a child.
“That was her decision when the baby was born, and therefore the criteria for a murder conviction have been met.”
