Relative arrested in Riga city centre for beating pensioner to death
On 5 November, a woman of pension age died in a flat in Riga city centre with signs of violent death. A relative, born in 1978, was detained on the spot with a blood alcohol level of 2.7 per mille.
Woman who died in Riga flat — relative remanded in custody
Vp.gov.lv reports that on 5 November, State Police received a call to a flat in Riga city centre concerning the death of a woman of pension age. Upon arriving at the scene, police officers found a woman lying on the floor with apparent signs of violent death.
On suspicion of a crime, the woman's relative, born in 1978, who lived in the same household as the deceased, was detained in the flat on the same day. Upon testing the alcohol concentration in exhaled breath, it was established that the detainee had a blood alcohol level of 2.7 per mille.
Current information indicates that the woman died from polytrauma — the relative struck her multiple times. The man suspected of the crime himself called the emergency services.
The investigation is proceeding in accordance with Part Three of Article 125 of the Criminal Law — for wilful infliction of serious bodily harm that, through the perpetrator's negligence, was the cause of the victim's death. For such a crime, the law provides for deprivation of liberty from three to fifteen years with or without confiscation of property, as well as probation supervision of up to three years or without it.
Police continue to establish the motive for the crime. In the course of the investigation, the criminal case may be reclassified under a different article.
On 7 November, the court imposed a security measure on the man suspected of the crime — remand in custody. The case is being investigated by the 1st Department of the 1st Bureau of the Criminal Police Division of the Riga Region Division of the State Police.
Source: Google News LV — Crime (lv)