In the Vologda region, the court sentenced a man to eight years in prison who killed the drinking companion who had offended him and fell asleep next to the corpse, reports FlashNord.. The court found that a 44-year-old resident of Veliky Ustyug in May 2017. drank alcohol with a friend. At some point, the man left the room, and when he returned, he found that the guest beats his wife. The owner seized the ax and several times hit the offender wife. Seeing that the drinking companion is dead, the man drank more alcohol, and then fell asleep, the press service of the Investigation Department of the Investigative Committee of Russia for the region. At trial, the accused fully pleaded guilty, he will serve a sentence in a strict-regime correctional colony.