In Turinsk, a 53-year-old man will spend 4 years and 6 months in a high-security prison for burning his wife's house. Andrei Melnikov was found guilty of committing a crime,. 2 items. 167 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (intentional destruction of someone else's property, which caused significant damage, by arson).

According to the Prosecutor's Office of the Sverdlovsk region, October 25, 2017 Andrei Melnikov in the evening met his wife in the village Buslonovo, Turin region. On the basis of jealousy between the spouses there was a quarrel, during which the woman came into her house.

After that, Melnikov, being in the passage of the house, threw open canister with gasoline on the steps of the passage and set fire to the spilled fuel.

As a result of the fire, a residential building with two economic buildings, as well as movable property of a woman, totally totaling more than 915 thousand rubles. This house and movable property the woman acquired before marriage.

In the court session, the defendant pleaded guilty and repented of the deed, explaining that the arson was committed because of jealousy.