The crime in an apartment building in Utena was committed in April last year. I. A., living with his mother in her apartment, while intoxicated by alcohol and narcotics, strangled the woman in an attempt to steal her property.
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After killing his mother, the man from Utena sold some of her belongings and spent the money on drugs and alcohol.
The next morning, I. A. invited an acquaintance to the apartment and offered to sell him the television belonging to his mother. When the accused went to his mother’s room to look for the TV remote, the buyer noticed the woman’s hand through the ajar door. Frightened, the man fled the apartment and called the police.
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On September 10 this year, the Panevėžys District Court found I. A. guilty of killing a close family member out of selfish motives and sentenced him to 18 years and 1 month of imprisonment.
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