Vitaly Pashchevsky, who raped an eight-year-old boy in a horror two-day ordeal before murdering him has been jailed for 23 years.
Pashchevsky was neighbors with thet boy, Danil, and his mum and has known him from birth, so its likely the youngster trusted him when he entered his flat.
Pashchevsky then took pornographic pictures of the boy during a two day ordeal as his worried parents and police desperately searched for him.
The boy was subjected to repeated violent sexual attacks between answering his door to police, denying he knew what had happened to the boy, the court was told.
Police failed to enter his apartment where - just a few feet from his door - the child was forcibly held and unable to summon help.
After two days, Pashchevsky killed Danil by stabbing him in the head.
He hid his corpse on his balcony.
Pashchevsky then joined hundreds of neighbours and volunteers in a hunt for the boy.
At this point police did search his flat but failed to notice the boy’s corpse on the balcony.
Six days later he took Danil’s body in a large gym bag to a lonely site near a country house owned by his mother.
Pashchevsky failed to repent or ask forgiveness from Danilo’s parents, say reports.