In Kharkov, the police detained a man who killed an elderly woman.

The body of an 82-year-old apartment hostess was found by her granddaughter.

As the experts found out, the woman was strangled.

"In the course of conducting operational investigative actions, police officers identified the identity of the attacker. He was a 32-year-old man who temporarily lived in the apartment of the deceased. He explained the crime by the fact that the old woman was tormenting him with her comments on everyday life.. On the day of the murder, he was drunk. When sobered up, he was horrified by his deed. However, he continued to live in the apartment of the murdered, t. he had no other housing. The man was selling furniture and things hostess of the apartment to have money for alcohol and food, "- said the police.

The investigator opened criminal proceedings according to. 6 h. 2 st. 115 (murder) of the Criminal Code of Ukraine. The sanction of the article provides for life imprisonment. The man was reported suspected of committing a crime. He was detained in accordance with Article 208 of the Criminal Procedure Code of Ukraine and is in a temporary detention center..