Farmer’s daughter accused of raping man to death with shovel and stamping on second victim until he died
A FARMER’S daughter has been accused of “raping” a drunk man to death with the handle of a shovel. Elena Povelyaikina also faces charges of killing another man in her remote village in Mikhailovka, Russia. Police allege Povelyaikina in August last year attacked a “drunk” man, 37, who refused to leave her family home. In […]
A FARMER’S daughter has been accused of “raping” a drunk man to death with the handle of a shovel.
Elena Povelyaikina also faces charges of killing another man in her remote village in Mikhailovka, Russia.
Police allege Povelyaikina in August last year attacked a “drunk” man, 37, who refused to leave her family home.
In a statement, the Russian Investigative Committee said: “At first the girl brutally beat the man, and then she took a handle from a shovel and committed violent acts of a sexual nature against the man.
“When the victim died, the accused carried the body over the fence and threw it on the street.”
Cops initially failed to find a suspect, but a second killing lead them to Povelyaikina.
She was drinking with locals when a man named Ivan reportedly made “unflattering” comments about her dad Pyotr, 57.
The farmer was “wealthy” and raised her and her brother Valery, 26, as a single dad.
Cops said the 31-year-old man lay drunk on a sofa and Povelyaikina allegedly leapt onto him, beating him to death with punches and kicks.
Police claim she has confessed to both killings but is refusing to testify.
Povelyaikina graduated form college before returning home to help her father run the family farm.
The 22-year-old was reportedly a keen boxer and also liked to draw people with severed limbs.
Her artistic efforts reportedly worried villagers.
Komsomolskaya Pravda newspaper reports locals said she was “small in stature” but “strong”.
A witness to the second alleged murder said: “When she was beating Ivan, my sister and I begged her not to touch him.
“We were afraid to intervene, because she is very strong. He lay in the house for another day.
“We did not call an ambulance, we thought he would recover by himself.
“But the next morning he stopped breathing.”
Police said psychiatric examinations declared the woman to be “sane”
State investigator Ivan Lyubyi said: “The defendant first confessed to both killings, then refused to testify.
“She put forward several versions: that the first man died after he was hit by a car on the road, and the second from kidney failure, which he allegedly had.
“But forensic analysis refuted these versions.
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“She was charged with intentional infliction of grievous bodily harm, resulting in the death of the victim through negligence, and violence of a sexual nature. “
Her trial is expected later this year.
Her dad is reportedly selling some of his land to pay for her legal representation.
