A juvenile court in Novosibirsk has handed down a six-year sentence to a teenage offender, sending him to a youth correctional facility for attempted murder involving extreme brutality by an organized group (under Part 3 of Article 30, paragraphs "e" and "g" of Part 2 of Article 105 of Russia's Criminal Code). The regional Investigative Committee confirmed the verdict.
Court documents reveal that on June 29, 2023, two minors aged 15 and 16 arranged to meet another youth along the Inya River in Plotnikovo village, Novosibirsk Oblast. A confrontation escalated when the assailants used pepper spray before attacking their victim with stones and a knife.
Believing they had killed the boy, the attackers fled. The severely injured victim managed to crawl to a nearby residence for assistance.
Local media outlet "New Siberia" reported the victim sustained between 20 and 70 stab wounds. The assault included multiple head blows with rocks, facial mutilation, cheek and lung punctures, along with broken hands, fingers, and tailbone.
The closed-door trial resulted in one defendant receiving a six-year sentence plus a two-million-ruble compensation order for psychological trauma. Investigators noted the second suspect's case was put on hold after he turned 18 and enlisted with the Defense Ministry for deployment in the Ukraine conflict, according to the Novosibirsk regional court system's press office.