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A resident of Homiel beat his partner and pushed her out of a second-floor window, then proposed marriage to her during the trial. The court sentenced him to four years in prison.
On August 1, 2026, a 47-year-old Homiel resident was drinking alcohol with a woman he had been in a relationship with for three years. In the evening, he went for a walk and met some acquaintances, who hinted that the woman was being unfaithful.
The man returned home to confront her. During the argument, he struck the woman on the head at least twice. She fled from the kitchen to a room to avoid escalating the conflict. The accused did not calm down and, when the woman was standing near a window, pushed her outside. She fell from the second floor, sustaining several fractures and lung injuries. Her injuries were classified as serious, the Homiel Regional Prosecutor’s Office reports.
The Homiel resident was tried under an article covering intentional infliction of serious bodily harm. At the trial, he pleaded guilty, apologised and proposed that his partner officially marry him. It is not known whether the woman accepted.
The Chyhunachny District Court of Homiel sentenced the man to four years in a medium-security penal colony. He was also ordered to undergo compulsory treatment for chronic alcoholism.
The verdict has not yet entered into force and may be appealed.