A court in the Dangara district of Uzbekistan's Fergana region has sentenced a 29-year-old man to 18 years in a general-regime penal colony for the premeditated murder of his mother with exceptional cruelty. The verdict was announced on charges of intentional homicide.

The crime occurred on January 15, 2026, in the Taypak mahalla. The motive was a family quarrel: the mother reproached her son for lacking a steady job and refusing to start a family. During the conflict, the man first struck his mother several times with an axe, then used a kitchen knife to sever her head. To conceal the evidence, he buried the remains in different parts of the yard and attempted to burn the bloodstained clothes in a tandyr oven.

The murder was uncovered the same day when the suspect's father and younger brother discovered blood traces in the yard and alerted law enforcement. Investigators noted that the accused had worked as a butcher at a local shop for several years, which explains the method of the crime. A comprehensive forensic psychiatric examination found the man sane: he was fully aware of his actions at the time of the murder.

During the trial, the defendant fully confessed and expressed remorse. Although the father pleaded for leniency, the court deemed the guilt proven by a body of evidence, including biological tests and witness testimony. The sentence has entered into force, and the murder weapons—the axe and knife—are to be destroyed.

Source: podrobno.uz