A Russian man convicted of murder and of cooking and eating the heart of one of his victims has returned home from the war in Ukraine, at least temporarily, local media reported.
Dmitry Malyshev was sent home to recover from injuries he received in fighting, Fyodor Kadovba, the head of the village of Rakhinka in the Volgograd region, told local outlet V1.ru.
“I saw him yesterday in the store. Said hello. As he told me, he is currently recuperating and will go back to the [war] zone,” Kadovba said.
Kadovba said it is the second time Malyshev has returned home earlier this year to recuperate. He said Malyshev has a jaw injury and shrapnel in his hand.
Malyshev, the head of an organized crime group, was sentenced in 2015 to 25 years in prison for killing three people, including two local businessmen and a Tajik citizen, whose heart he later ate.
He was among thousands of prisoners who accepted the Russian government's offer to fight in Ukraine in exchange for clemency.
Dozens of prisoners who have returned home from the war have gone on to commit violent crimes, including murder.