man murders pregnant wife to avoid paying child maintenance

                        Sadulo Kalinin, 45, invited his five-month pregnant   wife, Margarita, 33, on a shopping trip but instead knocked  her unconscious then took her into some secluded woods  close to the Russian city of Novosibirsk where he strangled  and buried her.  According to the police, the crime  was motivated by Margarita's demand for more money,  threatening   legal action if he didn't support her  and their    five children

     Police say he had resigned from his job and had returned to his family home in Tajikistan with all of his belongings.

       After discovering his blood-stained car, detectives were able to track him down with help from their counterparts in Tajikistan. Sadulo then confessed to the murder and revealed where he'd buried his wife's body. Several days prior to the crime, a court ruled that he would have to hand over 50 per cent of his earnings to Margarita to spend on their children.