MOSNEWS, Russia
June 2 2005
Moscow Girl Found Guilty of Killing Rapist
Created: 02.06.2005 18:00 MSK (GMT +3), Updated: 18:00 MSK, 6 hours
ago
MosNews
A Moscow court Thursday sentenced Alexandra Ivannikova, a young Moscow
woman, to a two-year suspended sentence for killing a man who tried
to rape her. The court also ruled she should pay $9,000 to the family
of the attacker, Russian news agencies report.
A year and a half ago Ivannikova stopped a car in the street – a
common practice in Russia, where taxi services are less developed –
to travel home.
The driver, ethnic Armenian Sergei Bagdasaryan, drove her to a dark
side street instead, where he locked the car doors and demanded that
Ivannikova perform sexual intercourse with him, threatening that she
“will never be found” if she refused, Ekho Moskvy reported.
Bagdasaryan pulled down his trousers and underwear and reached for
the woman, but Ivannikova, who had already been raped once before,
was carrying a small kitchen knife in her purse. She stabbed the
driver in the hip and struck his femoral artery.
She then managed to escape from the car and call the police.
Ivannikova’s defense cited temporary insanity and self defense as
reasons for the incident. Experts also found alcohol in the driver’s
blood.
The defense called for Ivannikova, the mother of a young child,
to be acquitted. The prosecution demanded three years in prison for
the woman.
The court eventually found Ivannikova guilty and gave her a two-year
suspended sentence. The court also satisfied the rapist’s father’s
claim for $9,000 in moral and material damages.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress