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Another court hearing in the Khuvaydo case

The Moscow Region Court may issue a verdict against Alexander Semin, accused of murdering 5-year-old Tajik girl Khuvaydo Tillozoada. Photo: Internet Abdusalom Saidov, the father of Khuvaydo Tillozoada, told the press that on March 15, at 11 a.m. local time, he was summoned to the Moscow Region Court. Saidov hopes that after 5 years of […]

The Moscow Region Court may issue a verdict against Alexander Semin, accused of murdering 5-year-old Tajik girl Khuvaydo Tillozoada.

Photo: Internet

Abdusalom Saidov, the father of Khuvaydo Tillozoada, told the press that on March 15, at 11 a.m. local time, he was summoned to the Moscow Region Court. Saidov hopes that after 5 years of legal battles, Alexander Semin will finally receive the punishment he deserves.

It is reported that the last court hearing for the accused in the murder and rape of the 5-year-old Tajik girl took place on December 23, 2021, and ended without results.

Little Khuvaydo was brutally murdered on July 22, 2018. She was kidnapped right in the yard of her home in the Moscow region town of Serpukhov. The child was found the next day. The girl’s body was discovered in a sports bag. A forensic examination showed that she had been raped and then killed with a knife.

Later, a 28-year-old local resident, Alexander Semin, was detained on suspicion of the girl’s murder.

Footprints of the girl and her fingerprints were found in the man’s apartment. According to one version, the suspect may have lured the girl with a toy while she was playing in the yard.

Khuvaydo’s body was delivered to Tajikistan on July 25, 2018. She was buried in her hometown of Kulob.

In December 2019, the court ruled that Alexander Semin was indeed involved in the girl’s murder. The accused has not admitted guilt, and his lawyers are trying to prove that he was insane.

The trial has been ongoing for five years with significant delays, and it is unclear whether the next court session will be the last.

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