A veteran of the war in Ukraine beat his grandmother to death with a chair

The Dzerzhinsky Court in Volgograd sentenced Alexey Zharikov, who returned from the war in Ukraine, to seven years in prison for the murder of his grandmother. The man beat the pensioner to death with a wooden chair. Verstka drew attention to the court's decision.

According to investigators, as the publication writes, Zharikov returned home from work, where a conflict occurred between him and his grandmother. The woman, according to the former serviceman, allegedly "began to express domestic complaints." Because of this, Zharikov, who drank one and a half liters of beer, got angry and first hit the pensioner in the face with a wooden chair, then struck her all over her body at least 12 times.

Verstka claims that the woman was able to get out into the yard, where she asked her neighbor for help. She called an ambulance, but the pensioner died in the hospital due to cerebral edema, which developed as a result of a blow to the head.

During the court hearing, Zharikov claimed that he did not beat his grandmother. According to him, he only pushed the woman, causing her to fall onto a wooden chair that stood in the corner of the apartment. The man claimed that "he loved his grandmother very much, she was his second mother."

In addition, Zharikov denied that the numerous bruises on the woman's body and the wound on her head were his fault. The serviceman stated that his grandmother fell several times in the yard, and the falls were caused by the high steps at the entrance to the house.

However, the neighbor of the deceased pensioner claims that Zharikov repeatedly beat the grandmother, which is why her neighbor called the police several times. In addition, according to her, the pensioner complained that Zharikov was "tormenting" her and taking away her pension. Before her death, she managed to give testimony from the hospital ward.

When sentencing, the court considered the fact that Zharikov had participated in the war in Ukraine as a mitigating circumstance. Verstka notes that it is unknown when Zharikov returned from the war. Judging by the photos on his social networks, he was wounded.

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