A Ukrainian man confessed to a fictitious murder in the hope police would clear his snow-covered road when they came to arrest him, regional authorities have said.
The man called police on Saturday evening to tell them he had killed his mother’s partner by stabbing him in the chest.
“But at the same time he immediately warned the police that they should come with a snowplough, because there is no other way to get to him,” said Yuliya Kovtun, a police spokesperson, on Monday.
She said officers did not take a snowplough and were able to get to the man’s house in an SUV.
“Immediately after arriving, they discovered that the relative was indeed at the house, but in one piece and unharmed. No one had attacked him,” she said, adding that the “killer” immediately confessed to making a fake call.
Kovtun said municipal services had ploughed the road earlier on Saturday but he “was not satisfied with the quality of the clearing”.
The man, from the village of Grybova Rudnya, faces a fine of up to 119 hryvnias (£3) for reporting a false complaint.
Ukraine has recorded record snowfalls in recent days, with about 50cm (20 inches) blanketing much of the country.
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