Man hurls his mother-in-law to her death from a fifth floor balcony because she was ‘too much of a burden’

A man has been arrested after hurling his mother-in-law to her death from a fifth floor balcony because she was ‘too much of a burden’. 

Grainy footage shows the horrific moment the 84-year-old woman was dropped 50ft in the  Russian city of Artyom in the Primorsky region from an apartment building. 

She died on the spot from multiple injuries, it was reported. Her identity has not been disclosed.

Her son-in-law, aged 54, has been detained by police on suspicion of murder.

Another clip shows the unnamed man in handcuffs being escorted by police.  

Russian man (handcuffed) detained for murder after throwing mother-in-law from fifth floor to her death. The man faces up to 15 years behind bars

The suspect told officers he wanted to ‘relieve’ his son of carrying duties for the pensioner, as she allegedly had ‘limited mobility, and not wanting his son to continue caring for her, believing that this was too much of a burden, he threw the victim from the 5th floor balcony.’

The suspect has been remanded in custody for two months pending further investigations.

If convicted, he faces a likely 15 years in jail.

This comes just days after a woman was jailed for seven and a half years after dropping her new-born daughter out of a window because she was ‘worried a baby would ruin her career’. 

Katarina Jovanovic, 28, from Lauffen am Neckar, Baden-Wuerttemberg State, Germany, was found guilty of manslaughter at the Heilbronn District Court on Wednesday, July 3.

Judges heard how she had given birth at home in secret 10 months ago on September 12 and then dropped her baby daughter from her apartment window almost 12 feet onto the tarmac below.

Horrified passersby found the minutes-old infant’s body with a shattered skull underneath Jovanovic’s balcony and called the police. 

Prosecutors told the court that Jovanovic (pictured) thought being a mother would spoil her career as an executive in Porsche’s legal department

The new-born was dropped 12 feet out of an apartment window onto the tarmac below (Pictured, general view of the apartment building)

Jovanovic admitted to the crime at the beginning of the trial in April but could not explain the moment to the court, ASB Zeitung reported.

She also claimed she had not realised she was pregnant. But the prosecution accused her of murder and of deliberately concealing her pregnancy from colleagues and neighbours.

Prosecutors told the court that Jovanovic thought being a mother would spoil her career as an executive in Porsche’s legal department.

Public prosecutor Mareike Hafendoerfer said: ‘The accused was not prepared to put her life plans, especially her professional advancement, on hold for a child.

‘That was her decision when the baby was born, and as a result, the criteria for a murder conviction are fulfilled.’