A court in Kazakhstan's Pavlodar Region sentenced a man to 10 years in prison on November 12, 2026, for killing a woman in Aksu after she insulted his late mother, infohub.kz reports.
According to the official Telegram channel of the Pavlodar Region courts, the defendant was tried under Part 1 of Article 99 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan (murder).
The court found that on April 17, 2026, at around 6:00 p.m., the man and the woman went to heating pipes on the outskirts of Aksu, where they began drinking alcohol. During the gathering, the woman insulted the defendant's late mother, sparking a verbal argument. The man punched the victim in the face, she fell to the ground, and he then struck her multiple times in the torso with his feet. She died at the scene from acute blood loss.
After confirming she showed no signs of life, the defendant went home for diesel fuel, removed her clothes and set the body on fire to cover up the crime, then fled the scene.
These circumstances were confirmed by the defendant's initial testimony, as well as that of the victim, witnesses, expert findings and other evidence examined in court.
Assessing the evidence and the defendant's character, the court found him guilty under Part 1 of Article 99 of the Criminal Code and sentenced him to 10 years in prison, to be served in a medium-security penal institution.
The victim's claim was upheld in the amount of more than 5.5 million tenge. The verdict has not yet entered into legal force.
Recall that in April it became known that a woman's body had been found in Pavlodar Region with attempts made to burn it. A suspect was detained and placed in a temporary detention facility.