The man had already been convicted twice for the same crime. After the second case on May 20, 2000, he was sentenced to seven years in prison.
On Dec. 14, 2005, three weeks after his early release from the prison colony, the rapist came to the village where his victim lived. The woman told investigators that he had threatened her and forced his way into her home. The man then raped the elderly woman for the third time, the RIA-Novosti news agency reported.