He helped families and raped children: man in Slavutych sentenced to life imprisonment
The court also ordered him to pay the victims 2.5 million hryvnias
A man from Slavutych who committed sexual abuse against children under the guise of providing volunteer assistance has been sentenced to life imprisonment. The victims were six boys aged 5 to 12. The Kyiv Regional Prosecutor’s Office press service announced the verdict on November 13 in a post on facebook.com.
The crimes took place between 2019 and 2024. The man gained parents’ trust by helping low-income families, single mothers, and displaced people. He offered to look after the children and invited boys to his home, where he sexually abused them.
To cover up his crimes, the man paid one of the victims to keep quiet. He also threatened the boy, saying he would be sent to an orphanage if his mother found out about the abuse.
During searches, investigators found child pornography on the defendant’s computer.
The court found the man guilty of the following crimes:
- rape of minors;
- sexual abuse of minors;
- corruption of children;
- possession of child pornography.
In addition to his prison sentence, the convicted man must pay the victims 2.5 million hryvnias in compensation for moral damages.
We previously reported:
- Parents trusted him with their child: sexual abuse investigated in Odesa Region
- Life sentence for sexually abusing seven girls: foster father sentenced
- Vocal teacher sexually abused children for years: court imposes life sentence
- Kherson Region: 21-year-old gained a 13-year-old’s trust with candy and raped her
- In Odesa Region, a wife helped her husband molest other people’s young children and film it
