In the Irkutsk region, a high profile case was solved involving a serial offender who for a long time committed violent sexual acts against minors. Thanks to a tip from a concerned resident and later DNA testing, a 38 year old man was detained and linked to 19 cases, including in Irkutsk and Angarsk. An anonymous witness received the promised 500 thousand rubles reward for helping police.
Recall that on August 15, 2012, officers of the criminal investigation department of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia for the Irkutsk Region detained the suspect at his place of residence — in an apartment in the Oktyabrsky District of the regional center. One of the city residents recognized the person from the wanted notice and called the police at night. The detained 38-year-old man was married, had no children, and was engaged in selling used foreign cars at the car market in the Rabocheye suburb. For a long time, the man committed crimes against the sexual integrity of children in the entrances of residential buildings, traveling in his own foreign car.Genomic examination confirmed his involvement in the latest crimes. In total, 19 episodes of violent sexual acts against minors committed in Irkutsk (including 1 in Angarsk) were proven. The criminal case comprises 35 volumes, and more than 150 different examinations were conducted by specialists. According to the results of the psychological and psychiatric examination, the convicted man was diagnosed with pedophilia.
The police announced a cash reward of 500,000 rubles. As a result of the exposure of the criminal, the reward was paid to a witness who wished to remain anonymous. During a meeting with the leadership of the regional Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, he noted that he had assisted the police solely out of a sense of civic duty.
Based on materials from the press service of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia for the Irkutsk Region