SATAN KILLER GETS AT LEAST 18YRS JAIL

Man sentenced for ‘grotesque’ murder of pal

A MAN who murdered and mutilated his friend in his home was yesterday told he will spend a minimum of 18 years in jail before being considered eligible for release.

As he imposed the sentence on 35-year-old Sarunas Nauburaitis at Belfast Crown Court, Mr Justice O’hara described the May 2020 killing and aftermath as “disgusting and grotesque”.

Following a drinking session in his Oakley Street home in North Belfast, Lithuanian national Nauburaitis kicked Maris Ludborzs up to 30 times in the head, carved the word “Pig” on to the dead man’s chest and placed a toy rat in his underwear.

Nauburaitis then left the remains of the 44-year-old Latvian man to decompose in his kitchen for over a week, during which time he used his victim’s bank card to buy alcohol and snacks.

When he walked into a police station on May 23 last year, the self-confessed Satanist told police he had killed a man in his house. Officers attended the address and found the badly decomposed and disfigured remains of Mr Ludborzs in the blood-splattered kitchen.

The deceased dad of one had no relatives living in Northern Ireland and had to be formally identified via fingerprints.

During yesterday’s tariff hearing, Mr Justice O’hara said he accepted the murder was not connected to Satanism.

He did, however, highlight the multiple injuries inflicted and

Nauburaitis’ actions in the aftermath of the murder.

Mr Justice O’hara said: “This death was caused by 20 to 30 kicks, with the deceased’s head ricocheting off a radiator, with extensive blood splatter and with the use of a heel to finish him off.

“In case that wasn’t enough, a plastic bag was tied over his head. In many cases that might be the end of the story, but not in this one. What followed was disgusting and grotesque.

Carving the letters Pig, placing the toy rat and throwing bleach in the face almost defies description and have caused entirely understandable distress to the victim’s family.”

Saying the only mitigating feature was the defendant’s guilty plea, Mr Justice O’hara added this was “inevitable” given his confession to police.

He imposed a minimum term of 18 years which Nauburaitis, who appeared via videolink from Maghaberry, will serve before he is considered eligible for release by parole commissioners.