23-05-2025
Mother 'orders contract killing of her 12-year-old daughter because she was tired of their constant arguing'
A mother has been detained in Russia after 'ordering the contract killing of her 12-year-old daughter'.
She offered a male acquaintance £930 to drown the child in a local river in Chelyabinsk region, according to law enforcement.
Unknown to her, the girl was secretly eavesdropping from behind a door and heard her mother's chilling demand to kill her.
The woman, named only as Svetlana, 46, cited her bad relationship with her daughter as the reason for her attempt to have the girl killed.
She was 'tired' of the 12-year-old's 'bad behaviour' and their 'constant arguments'.
After ordering her killing, the mother-of-four sent her daughter out of the house with the man - Andrey, 36 - in Izmailovsky settlement, it is alleged.
'When they were walking along the road, the schoolgirl was very afraid and worried,' reported Shot news outlet, citing law enforcement.
'But the man told her everything and promised to protect her.
'He hid the girl at his home and went to the police.'
The woman had offered to pay cash for drowning her in Bolshaya Karaganka River, he told officers.
Police detained the woman who faces up to 15 years in jail for incitement to murder a minor, if convicted.
She was 'unable to explain her actions' when quizzed by officers.
The girl has been placed in care with two siblings, aged 17 and six.
The detained woman also has an adult daughter, 18.
