In Fergana, a bank employee who killed a customer who came to buy a car was sentenced to 19 years in prison

In Fergana, a bank employee who killed a customer who came to buy a car was sentenced to 19 years in prison

In the city of Kokand, Fergana region, a court verdict has been announced against a bank employee who committed murder in order to seize money brought for a car loan payment.

It was revealed that the employee, who worked at one of the banks in Kokand, learned that the customer had 5,700 USD with him for the car payment and planned to take possession of this money. The accused gained the customer's trust, persuaded him to go outside under various pretexts, and took him to a secluded place in his Tracker car.

There, he deliberately started a fight with the victim and tried to get the young man out of the car with the intention of killing him. After the deceased resisted, he intentionally killed him by brutally stabbing him more than 20 times in the neck and various parts of his body with a kitchen knife he was carrying. After that, to hide the traces of the crime, he put the body of the deceased in the car, returned to the bank, and after working hours, threw the corpse into the Great Fergana Canal.

After a six-day search, the body of the deceased was found in the canal.

Employees of the Fergana Region Department of the Ministry of Emergency Situations were also involved in the search operations.

"His body was recovered from the canal after six days. I was unconscious, I couldn't see my child that day. He was our son, whom we prayed for and received after three daughters. He said he would buy an Onix. I gave him 5,700 in cash, my husband and I blessed him. He left with such joy," says the mother of the deceased.

This case was reviewed in the Kokand City Court on Criminal Cases, and the defendant was found guilty under paragraphs "j" and "i" of Part 2 of Article 97 of the Criminal Code (intentional homicide). He was sentenced to 18 years of imprisonment. Also, according to the court verdict, it was ordered to recover the material and moral damages caused to the legal representative of the deceased.