THREE Russian sisters who claim they killed their sex abuser dad are accused by their own family of inventing his abuse to escape justice.
The sisters have all admitted taking part in the events leading to a knife and hammer attack that resulted in their father Mikhail Khachaturyan, 57, dying of multiple stab wounds. The high-profile case has been seen as a test case in Russia for domestic sexual abuse — but now ahead of the trial the sisters’ own family have spoken out on a major TV show to accuse the sisters of a plot to kill their father to inherit his money and property.
A lawyer hired by the family to dispute the sisters’ arguments, Olga Khalikova, said: “If the girls were subject to sexual abuse, they could have easily told their friends that their father was cruel and raping them.She claimed they led a “riotous lifestyle” during their father’s visits to Israel.