Former cabinet member sentenced to 24 years for murdering wife

Kuandyk Bishimbayev, who served as Kazakhstan’s economy minister, was found guilty of the torture and murder of his 31-year-old wife

A court in Kazakhstan on Monday sentenced a former cabinet minister to 24 years in prison for brutally beating his wife to death. Kuandyk Bishimbayev, 44, was found guilty of the torture and murder of 31-year-old Saltanat Nukenova.

The shocking murder took place in early November last year at a restaurant in the country’s capital Astana...