Homiel Resident To Stand Trial On Charges Of Murdering Pregnant Wife

Reform.news Editorial Team · 19 October 2026, 12:26

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The prosecutor’s office has sent a criminal case against a 27-year-old Homiel resident to court. He is accused of torturing a pregnant woman and murdering her with particular cruelty (Part 2 of Article 154 and paragraphs 3 and 6 of Part 2 of Article 139 of the Criminal Code).

According to the prosecution, the man systematically beat his wife while under the influence of alcohol and after using psychotropic substances from August 2025 to March 2026. He assaulted her at the homes of relatives and acquaintances and at her workplace. He struck her on the head and dragged her by the hair. The accused knew that the woman was pregnant.

“In late March 2026, the intoxicated accused, while in a rented apartment and with the intention of killing the woman, inflicted at least 35 blows with his hands, feet, and other blunt objects to various parts of her body, acting with particular cruelty. About 12 blows were directed at her head.

The victim died at the scene from the injuries she sustained. At the time of the murder, her pregnancy was at least 10 weeks along,” the prosecutor’s office said.

The accused remains in custody pending trial.