Raped and then brutally murdered: bad news for the killer who shocked the whole of Lithuania
However, his statements did not convince the judges, they believe that due to brutal crimes, the man is not yet ready to pursue his goal only by legal means and methods.
“Although L. Wendel’s values are not exclusively antisocial, the crime he committed presupposes the convict’s insufficiently responsible attitude towards the moral and behavioral norms accepted by the law and society – the convict did not commit the crime by chance, but because of the formed negative value orientation”, noted the verdict unfavorable to the murderer . announced by the judges Odeta Gruodienes presided over by the college.
Yes court rejected L. Wendel’s appeal, in which he requested parole – currently, the convict serving his sentence in the Marijampolė correctional facility has more than 3 years left until the end of his sentence. He was sentenced to 15 years in prison for the extremely brutal murder, concealing another crime – rape.
According to the judges, although the Parole Commission of the prison institution suggested that the convict be granted conditional release, such a decision cannot be satisfied – it is necessary to take into account the fact that L. Wendel’s behavior during the execution of the sentence was not perfect, and the circumstances that were made are also important . the gravity and nature of the crime.
“Although L. Vendelis has not been convicted before, he is serving a prison sentence for the first time for a very serious intentional, completed crime – murder, with the aim of concealing another serious crime – rape, this circumstance is important, as it undoubtedly reveals the greater danger of the convicted person to society and, very importantly, significant the issue of his release from a correctional institution requires a very careful assessment”, – in the opinion of the court, the severity and nature of the crimes were assessed, however, when deciding the issue of parole from the correctional institution, the convicted person’s personality and its changes, assessing the progress of the convicted person’s behavior, step by step. sufficiency of the risk of dangerous behavior, these circumstances must also not be underestimated and must be taken into account.
Proposing to apply conditional release to L. Vendelis, the commission of the correctional facility noted that he was promoted for good 36 times in the Marijampolė correctional facility, attended various social rehabilitation programs while serving his sentence, worked, studied, in addition, the convicted person was found to have a low risk of repeated criminal behavior, and upon his release, he will have where to work and live – “the behavior of the convicted person during the execution of the sentence and other circumstances form the basis for believing that he will obey the law and not commit a crime”. In addition, according to the commission, “the convicted person has the ability to recognize problems related to criminal behavior, has short-term and long-term goals, and purposefully pursues them.”
this resolution was adopted unanimously by the members of the commission, so L. Wendelis is convinced that her opinion must be taken into account.
A prisoner serving a sentence for a cold-blooded crime emphasized that he is “not inclined to commit a new criminal act”, he worked throughout the period of serving the sentence, there are no comments about his work.
“From the earned funds, I paid the funds intended for my son’s maintenance and as much as I could to cover the damage caused by the crime, although there are no places of deprivation of liberty, compensation for damages is difficult due to the low income I receive”, – L. Wendelis assured that he would find a better-paying job if he was released. this way. I can pay more for damages and child support.
He emphasized that due to his good behavior, the administration of the Pravieniški correctional facility had given him the opportunity to leave the correctional facility without an escort, while in Marijampole he was transferred to the Pusiaukele home and worked in freedom.
“All the time I am under less supervision in the environment, but I have not committed any offenses, I maintain a positive relationship with my relatives, I have been sent home five times, from which I have always returned on time”, – the convict also all the time, that during the period of serving the sentence, he was encouraged 36 times.
True, he did not hide the fact that he had received 6 penalties, but they are currently invalid: “Not one of them was for alcohol since then, it was received three years before the last one, it is invalid.”
But this did not convince the court – the totality of the collected data cannot conclude that the convicted person has already made his efforts, views, attitudes in society and legal acts to such an extent and so stably that he could continue to be corrected without being isolated from society and conclude that the assigned tasks have been carried out part of the sentence will be sufficient to fully execute justice and achieve other goals of criminal punishment as a means of state coercion.
The judges recognized that L. Wendelis tried to engage in meaningful activities in the correctional institution, thus adjusting himself in the right direction, but these data alone are not enough for the application of conditional release.
“Parole can be applied only if the convicted person is worthy of such trust of the court and the court recognizes that there is sufficient reason to believe that the convicted person will be able to justify this trust if he is free,” emphasized the panel chaired by judge E. Gruodienė.
According to the criminal, changing the behavior, thinking and attitude of a criminal is a complex and long-term process, so you need to evaluate the convicted person during the execution of your decision, take into account the convicted person’s personality.
“The collected data does not mean that L. Wendelis consistently tried to correct himself in the only positive direction – while the convict was serving his prison sentence, he was considered 6 times by the disciplinary commission, 5 times punished by disciplinary procedure,” the court stated in the ruling against the murderer. – Although it is not valid at the moment, it is obvious that the convict, even while in the place of deprivation of liberty, has a tendency to completely violate the order of conduct, is unable to obey the mandatory rules of the penitentiary, each of which is equally important in order to correct the person.”
According to the judges, it is important that L. Wendelis committed the offense not immediately after being behind bars, but later, when the rules of the place of execution were well known.
“A person seeking probation must behave in an exemplary manner and avoid situations that could lead to a violation of the established regime”, – in the court’s opinion, the violation of the requirements of the strict regime was committed by L. Wendelis after he was sentenced to the light group – which means that there would be less . in a supervised environment, he was unable to maintain his positive behavior for a longer period of time.
According to the judges, the conclusion of the Social Investigation shows that, although the convict is able to recognize problem areas, he still lacks deeper self-analysis and awareness that behavior depends on external circumstances, so it is doubtful whether he will be able to achieve his goals only in legal ways in an unstructured environment and means.
“There are reasonable doubts as to whether the convict will be able to adapt to the general norms of behavior accepted in society and adhere to them, if the convict has already been released from the correctional institutions on parole,” the court emphasized in the unappealable ruling. – The goals of the punishment – justice, proportionality are really ensured only when it is carried out, therefore the process of serving the sentence, deciding on conditional release, ensuring the principle of justice, successful probation, these must always be taken into account. It should be noted that one of the goals of the punishment is to punish the culprit, which means that he must have certain restraints and other negative consequences due to the committed criminal act, therefore it is necessary to evaluate all the data of the context of the characterizing data of the convicted L. Wendel, the totality of which does not constitute a basis for the conclusion. that the part of the sentence served had a sufficient influence on the convicted person not to commit new crimes in the future.”
The court also emphasized that it is the court’s, but not the duty, to apply the right law: “The court can release the convicted person on parole by evaluating the circumstances and consequences, so that the parolee will achieve the goal of the probationer, while in this case, the circumstances characterizing the positively convicted person, even though there is a positively convicted person characterizing circumstances. revealing certain positive positive changes in L. Wendel’s behavior, it is concluded that the convicted person can currently be corrected from society, and the convicted person’s opinion and his own desire to be released from the correctional facility on parole by the court do not obligate him to a favorable decision.”
L. Wendelis was imprisoned in 2010. December 7 – more than 3 years after the cold-blooded crime, which was discussed in society for a long time, especially in Klaipėda region. Since the police officers were unable to determine who committed the crime for a long time, local residents were afraid that the crimes might be repeated.
The crime for which L. Vendelis was convicted was committed back in 2007. May – the corpse of a young woman was found in the Giruliu forest behind the summer stage. The murdered woman’s head was crushed – a woman walking her dog found her body lying next to a brain-spattered stump in the morning.
At that time, it was written in the press that the police officers could not establish the identity of the murdered woman for a long time – at first it was believed that the killer might have been a young sportswoman, because she killed her used sports clothes, besides, people living nearby liked to play sports near the summer stage.
And only after a good week, when a DNA test was carried out, it became clear that the victim of the cold-blooded killer was 36-year-old Angela V. Her data was added to the database of police investigators after a fire in which a woman was found murdered and then burned. When explaining this crime, Angela V. was questioned – the officers suspected that she might know important information about this crime. Whether that was the case or not, it remains unclear – after her saliva samples were taken for DNA testing, the woman disappeared and was not seen by the police for several years.
It was based on DNA that it was possible to find out that Angela V was killed near the summer stage in Geruliai. But even then, the forensic experts had a difficult test – to find out who killed her. And it was not easy, because there were no witnesses who could provide at least any information about this crime.
But this time too, DNA testing helped – cigarette smoke was found near the murdered woman’s body, and the saliva samples on it matched L. Wendel’s. He had previously caught the eye of Suwalkia officials while investigating other crimes.
But to be determined the killer, it took the officials as much as three years. Even then it was known that Angela V. had been raped before her death – L. Wendelis killed the woman extremely brutally while hiding this crime. During the interrogation, he explained that he did so because she did not give him a mobile phone – in a fit of rage, he began to beat the woman with a stick found in the forest.
The officials did not provide more details about this crime – the criminal proceedings took place in closed sessions.
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