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A New York pistillate accused of attempting to termination her doppelganger person by giving her a poisoned cheesecake earlier stealing her individuality allegedly near grounds behind, the authoritative said Monday.
Viktoria Nasyrova, a Russian native, near DNA grounds each implicit the cheesecake container and spoke astir her alleged crimes successful jailhouse interviews, Assistant District Attorney Konstantinos Litourgis told jurors.
"The DNA that was connected that instrumentality belongs to Viktoria Nasyrova," Litourgis said successful his opening statements. "So connected apical of everything you’re going to perceive from civilian witnesses, you’re going to larn that there’s a cheesecake instrumentality that had [tranquilizer] Phenazepam successful it and besides had the defendant’s DNA connected it."
Media interviews Nasyrova gave aft her apprehension volition besides beryllium a absorption during the trial, the authoritative said.
Russian autochthonal Viktoria Nasyrova allegedly gave her person a cheesecake laced with tranquilizer earlier stealing her identity, officials said. (Facebook)
"She was asked this circumstantial question … ‘There is simply a pistillate named Olga who looks a batch similar you who said that you poisoned her with a portion of cheesecake successful bid to bargain her identity,’" Litourgis said.
The alleged unfortunate successful the lawsuit is Olga Tsvyk.
"You cognize what this suspect did erstwhile she was asked that question? She smiled. And you cognize what her reply was? ‘I tin archer you I cognize this person. I cognize who you mean. I did not unit her to devour the cheesecake.’"
Tsvyk, an eyelash stylist, testified Monday that Nasyrova had arrived astatine her home in Queens successful August 2016, claiming she needed an exigency touch-up appointment.
"She told me, ‘I’m close present successful Brooklyn. I privation to bring you immoderate celebrated cheesecake from a celebrated bakery.’ I told her, Viktoria, that’s not needed, conscionable travel over,'" Tsvyk said.
Tsvyk said Nasyrova ate 2 slices of cheesecake instantly aft her accomplishment earlier Nasyrova offered her a 3rd portion that prosecutors accidental was laced with Russian tranquilizer Phenazepan. Tsvyk said she began to consciousness sick astir 20 minutes aft eating the cake.
"I started to look to prevarication down connected the bed," Tsvyk told the jury. "I started to look for a pillow. I was realizing that I was losing consciousness and I said to her, ‘Vika, I’m feeling truly bad.’ I started feeling precise nauseous. I wanted to vomit. I started to vomit close by my furniture onto the floor."
Viktoria Nasyrova, a Russian native, near DNA grounds each implicit the cheesecake container and spoke astir her alleged crimes successful jailhouse interviews, Assistant District Attorney Konstantinos Litourgis told jurors. (Facebook)
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"I told her, ‘Vika, I’m going to propulsion up close now.’ She said, ‘Don’t interest astir it, I volition cleanable it up.' I retrieve she went to the bath and came backmost with Bounty," Tsvyk continued.
Prosecutors assertion Nasyrova past stole Tsvyk's passport, currency and different belongings, and tried to marque the incidental look similar a termination effort by scattering pills around the victim's body.
"Everything was done successful this lawsuit precise cautiously and precise methodically by this suspect … not lone did she poison Olga successful bid to impersonate her … she besides staged her chamber to marque it look similar suicide," Litourgis told the jury.
But Litourgis says she near her DNA connected the cheesecake container and that further grounds besides proves she tried to termination Tsvyk.
Another witnesser the prosecution intends to telephone during the proceedings is simply a antheral who claims Nasyrova drugged him aft they met connected a Russian dating tract successful 2016.
Litourgis said that antheral ate food and veggies Nasyrova had cooked, and that helium woke up 3 days aboriginal successful a hospital.
Olga Tsvyk became sick aft eating a portion of cheesecake Nasyrova allegedly poisoned. (Facebook)
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"His symptoms astir mirrored that of Olga's," Litourgis said, noting that the man's ticker and currency had been stolen.
Nasyrova pleaded blameworthy successful a abstracted lawsuit to attempted petit larceny successful Brooklyn Supreme Court successful 2019, pursuing allegations she drugged and robbed men she met connected dating apps. She is besides accused of drugging and sidesplitting her neighbour successful Russia, torching the assemblage and fleeing to New York.
But her attorney, Christopher Hoyt, told jurors the existent lawsuit was not arsenic "open and shut" arsenic prosecutors claim.
Nasyrova faces up to 25 years successful prison if she is convicted of attempted murder, burglary and different charges.
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