Ex Kazakh Minister kills wife by torturing her for 5 hours
The trial of a former Kazakhstan minister accused of beating his wife to death has become a national focal point, seen by many as a test of President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev's pledge to create a fairer society.
Saltanat Nukenova, 31, was discovered dead last November in a restaurant owned by a relative of her husband Kuandyk Bishimbayev, where the couple had spent nearly a full day and night. She had been unconscious for several hours.
During a recent court session, an 8-hour-long footage was presented showing 44-year-old Kuandyk Bishimbayev, a former economy minister, repeatedly beating his wife Saltanat Nukenova. The surveillance footage captures Bishimbayev kicking and punching his 31-year-old wife in the restaurant owned by his family. He is then seen dragging her by the hair to a ...