A US Citizen was sentenced to 150 years in prison for raping a 12-year-old girl while in Russia. He also vowed to sever her head if she went to authorities. Otis Wright, a US District Judge called Yusef Abramov as ‘the ultimate predator’. Abramov was 58-year-old.
According to the charge sheet, Abramov has both the US and Russian citizenship. He used to take away schoolgirls during repeated visits to Russia and would harass, abuse and rape them. In June 2009, he raped a 12-year-old girl and threatened to decapitate her and play soccer with her head if she told anyone about the abuse.
Several months later, he again traveled to Russia and abused minor girls. Recently, the victims had contacted the police and explained their situation. They said Abramov and two accomplices cornered the girls and gang-raped them.
Wright during sentencing, he recalled the sheer terror of one of the victims when called to testify during the case. “She walked through that door, saw the defendant, let out a blood-curdling scream, collapsed to the floor and crawled out of the courtroom like a wounded animal,” said Wright, the judge.
Abramov chuckled and shook his head as the judge spoke. Prosecutors had asked for a 45-year sentence, but Wright said he decided to impose a 150-year term partly so the victims can feel reassured he has no chance of release.