"Death group" admin to be jailed for inciting 15-year-old Astrakhan girl to commit suicide

Philip Budeikin, an administrator of a "death group" in the social network "VKontakte", also known under the pseudonym of Philip Lis, has been sentenced by court to three years and four months of imprisonment in the case on inciting to commit suicide.

The "Caucasian Knot" has reported that on May 11, Philip Budeikin was arrested in Saint Petersburg. According to investigators, in April-May 2016, in the social network "VKontakte", Philip Budeikin propagandized suicide among minors and inclined teenagers to commit suicide.

"The court sentenced Philip Budeikin to 3 years and 4 months of imprisonment in a colony-settlement. He pleaded guilty and repented in his deed," reported Darya Lebedeva, the press secretary of the Saint Petersburg City Court, as quoted by the TASS on July 18.

The investigators have revealed that Philip Budeikin inclined a 15-year-old Astrakhan girl to commit suicide. Law enforcers were able to persuade the girl to abandon the plans. Besides, the investigators consider Philip Budeikin to be guilty of inciting to commit suicide a schoolgirl, born in 2000, who tried to commit suicide in the Tyumen Region on June 3, 2016. Her life was saved by doctors.

Full text of the article is available on the Russian page of 24/7 Internet agency ‘Caucasian Knot’.