An inmate has committed suicide by beheading himself in a penal colony in Krasnoyarsk Region, Siberia. Aleksandr Roppel, a 30-year-old resident of the Krasnoyarsk Region, had been serving a 7-year sentence for drug trafficking. He was already two years into his sentence. According to investigators, the inmate entered the prison workshop, dismantled the safety housing from a circular saw, switched the tool on and beheaded himself. The colony’s director has said that there was no evidence of foul play and has recognized it as suicide. The colony administration has stated that would have been up for parole after serving two-thirds of his term. The head of the penal colony has put the incident down to a ''psychological breakdown'' – it was the first prison sentence Roppel had served.
...And the head of the inmate was not available for comment... |