A man who was hacked to death with an ax “inconvenient” lodger was sentenced to 9 years behind bars. The press service of the Kharkiv regional prosecutor's office reports..

A 60-year-old man was convicted of murdering a lodger (h. 1 st. 115 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine).

According to the deputy head of the local prosecutor’s office, Yevgeny Dovzhich, the man was sentenced to 9 years in prison.

Convict rented a room in his own house. However, the relationship with the tenant did not exist and the owner decided to evict him.

However, the tenant was in no hurry to look for another room and aggressively responded to the owner's requests to leave the house..

"Another conflict between men arose in early February this year during a joint feast. Then the owner decided to get rid of the uncomfortable tenant. When the man fell asleep, the convict hit him several times on the head with an ax. Moreover, to make sure of the "result", he thrust a knife into his neck. A 45-year-old man died on the spot from his injuries, "the prosecutor's office said in a statement..