Man 'throws 18-month-old to his death from fifth-floor in Russia

Man ‘throws 18-month-old boy to his death from fifth-floor balcony while babysitting him’ in Russia

  • Aleksey Levchenko, 42, reportedly confessed to the murder of the young child 
  • Police said Levchenko ‘had grown annoyed with his crying’ at a May 11 party
  • The boy’s mother and another woman had come to drink in Levchenko’s flat
  • When they ran out of alcohol, they went to buy more, leaving him with the child
  • He first put a plastic bag over the little boy’s head to stop him crying, police said 
  • Levchenko faces life in prison if convicted of the 18-month-old’s murder 

A man accused of killing an 18-month-old boy by throwing him from a fifth-floor balcony in Russia has been arrested.

Aleksey Levchenko, 42, reportedly confessed to throwing the child because he ‘had grown annoyed with his crying’. He faces a life sentence if convicted of the murder.

The child was found dead with his head wrapped in a plastic bag soon after being left with Levchenko in his apartment in the western city of Kirov. 

Levchenko had reportedly invited two women over for a drinking party on May 11.

One of the guests, a 26-year-old mother-of-one named only as Ksenia, brought her young son along to the gathering.

The toddler was asleep in his pram when the adults ran out of alcohol and the women went out to buy more, local media reported, leaving Levchenko to babysit the child. 

Aleksey Levchenko, 42, reportedly confessed to throwing the child from the balcony because he ‘had grown annoyed with his crying’. He faces a life sentence if convicted of the murder

While the women were away, the child woke up and reportedly began crying and calling for his mum.

Investigators said Levchenko first tried to quiet the boy by wrapping a plastic bag around his head.

When the child continued to cry, Levchenko threw the helpless toddler from the 50-feet-high balcony, police said.

The boy lay motionless on the ground until he was spotted by a shocked teenage girl, who called emergency services. 

Paramedics pronounced the child dead after examining him at the scene. The little boy still had the plastic bag on his head.

Levchenko was arrested and placed into custody after confessing to the child. 

Law enforcement officers also opened a criminal case for negligence against local social services who knew about the child’s mother’s reported alcohol abuse but did not step in to protect the boy.

The investigation is ongoing.

Law enforcement officers also opened a criminal case for negligence against local social services who knew about the child’s mother’s reported alcohol abuse but did not step in to protect the boy. Pictured: The 26-year-old mother-of-one named only as Ksenia

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