According to the criminal case data examined in the Kaunas court, on June 16, 2025, in Kaunas, during a conflict in an apartment, V.Kšivickas, being intoxicated, deliberately struck her on the head and other parts of the body with an axe at least 11 times in front of the minor son of his long-time former partner.
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Due to the injuries sustained, the woman suffered severe health damage, inflicted by torture and extremely cruelly: seven chop wounds were found on the forehead alone, open skull bone fractures were recorded, and the brain was damaged.
The victim fell into a coma for some time but miraculously survived.
Repeatedly convicted
V.Kšivickas was first convicted back in 1992. Even then, the man was sent to serve a prison sentence.
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In total, besides this case, he has 13 convictions in his biography; he was previously convicted for violent crimes, which worsened each time, so with the latest verdict, the convicted person was recognized as a recidivist.
As stated in the case, V.Kšivickas had not been violent towards the victim for the first time; he was already convicted in April 2025, so he inflicted serious injury on the woman during the period of restriction of liberty, while a domestic violence restraining order was in effect.
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