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A Kharkiv woman smothered her husband with a blanket during a drunken argument and is set to serve 10 years in prison.

A 39-year-old woman from Kharkiv has been found guilty of murdering her husband, according to the regional prosecutor's office.
A Kharkiv woman smothered her husband with a blanket during a drunken argument and is set to serve 10 years in prison.

The court found a 39-year-old woman from Kharkiv guilty of murdering her husband, writes the regional prosecutor's office.

According to the investigation, the murder occurred on June 27, 2022, on Silikatna Street (then Dostoevsky Street) in Kharkiv. The couple had been drinking when a conflict arose between them.

“During the argument, the woman, standing behind her husband, threw a children's blanket around his neck, tightened it, and held it until the man stopped showing signs of life. The victim was 38 years old,” law enforcement officials clarified.

Afterward, the woman called her father and recounted what had happened. He promised to take the blame—upon the arrival of the police, he kept his word and began convincing the officers that he was the one who had strangled his son-in-law. However, he insisted that he had used a kitchen towel for this purpose.

“However, this version was not substantiated. During the court proceedings, the accused did not admit her guilt and insisted that she had wrapped the blanket around her husband's neck to calm him down, without intending to kill,” the prosecutor's office noted.

The woman was sentenced to ten years in prison. Currently, the appeal process against the verdict is ongoing.