Viktoria Nasyrova, 47, laced a cheesecake with a sedative — which prosecutors described as a powerful toxin found only in Russia — to kill a friend who physically resembled her, and steal her identity. NYC woman gets 21 years in cheesecake murder plot:
with a sedative-laced cheesecake was sentenced to 21 years in prison Wednesday in the identity theft plot, the Queens district attorney’s office said.
A jury convicted Viktoria Nasyrova, 47, of Brooklyn, in February of attempted murder and other counts in the 2016 attempted poisoning. Nasyrova laced the cheesecake with a sedative that prosecutors described as a powerful toxin found only in Russia, which is where she is from, officials said.developed by the Soviet Union, according to the district attorney’s office.Nasyrova and the victim physically resembled each other, and prosecutors argued that Nasyrova poisoned her so she could steal her identity.
Nasyrova did not want to be forced to return to Russia, where she is wanted in a 2014 murder, the district attorney’s office has said. Nasyrova has denied that in aNasyrova was convicted of second-degree attempted murder, first-degree attempted assault, second-degree assault, first-degree unlawful imprisonment and petit larceny.Her defense attorney, Jose Nieves, said they will appeal the conviction, as well as the sentence.
"Had the jury been allowed to view or hear certain evidence, we might have had a different outcome," Nieves said.This article was originally published on
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