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The District Prosecutor's Office - Targovishte submitted to the court an indictment for a crime - robbery accompanied by murder, against a 49-year-old man living in the village of Slavyanovo, Popovo municipality, the Appellate Prosecutor's Office in Varna reports.

Yu.Sh.

was brought to criminal responsibility for the serious crime committed in October 2022.

If convicted, he could face 15 to 20 years in prison, life in prison, or life in prison without parole.

The court can order the confiscation of all or part of his property.

The accused was well known to the law enforcement authorities and the prosecutor's office.

He was repeatedly convicted of property crimes and convicted of murder, spending nearly 30 years of his life in prison.

He had a gambling addiction and played often.

He did not have a permanent job, which explains his lack of income.

For some time Yu.Sh.

lived on a family basis with a woman from the village of Slavyanovo.

It was known in the village that the owner of the local shop earned a good income from her work, and besides, she lived alone.

The accused also assumed that she had savings and decided that he could rob her, thereby obtaining funds to satisfy his gambling addictions.

A 61-year-old woman was found strangled in Targovishtko

On the day of October 11, 2022, the 49-year-old man took a small loan from the 61-year-old woman.

In the evening, he asked to return her money and arranged with her to go to her house. As the victim was waiting for Yu.Sh., she opened the door of her house and the accused barged in.

Accomplishing his goal of misappropriating the woman's cash savings, he used violence against her, but due to her resistance, the accused killed her by strangling her and leaving her on the floor of her home. He left the house after taking BGN 15,000 that he found , and on his way out he locked the padlock on the front door.

His first goal after committing the serious criminal offense was to get to the nearest casino in the city of Popovo, where he began to gamble away the stolen money.

In the following hours, he visited casinos in Targovishte and Popovo, reaching the city of Ruse, where he exchanged BGN 8,000 into euros.

Yu.Sh.

was detained on October 13, at his home in the village of Slavyanovo.

He was charged for the crime he committed and detained.

The District Court - Targovishte is about to schedule a hearing on the case.

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