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A Russian military historian and acclaimed Napoleon expert has lost his appeal against a 12-year jail sentence for murdering and butchering his student lover.
Professor Oleg Sokolov, 65, shot and beheaded Anastasia Yeschenko, 24, throwing her severed body parts in the Moika River in St Petersburg.
Appealing for clemency, Sokolov told the court he repented and asked Yeschenko's parents for 'partial' forgiveness.
He claimed the PhD student had angered him by 'insulting' his daughters from a previous relationship, causing him to 'lose his head'.
But Yeschenko's parent's lawyers accused Sokolov of shifting the blame to the victim and called for his sentence to stay the same. A judge upheld the 12-year year term.
Professor Oleg Sokolov, 65, (pictured in court during his appeal) has lost his appeal against a 12-year jail sentence for murdering and butchering his student lover
Sokolov shot and beheaded Anastasia Yeschenko, 24, throwing her severed body parts in the Moika River in St Petersburg
Sokolov told the appeals court the student had angered him by 'insulting' his daughters from a previous relationship, causing him to 'lose his head' and kill her
Before being led away to a grim penal colony, the emotional Napoleon expert appeared to be in tears
