A 36-year-old woman Oksana Poludentseva has been murdered on her wedding day by her ex-convict groom, 33-year-old Stepan Dolgikh.

The incident happened at a private house in Prokudskoye village, Novosibirsk region in Russia.

Dolkigh who has a previous conviction for murder is reported to have been enraged because his bride “behaved incorrectly” with a guest at the alcohol-fuelled wedding party.

The murder occurred in the presence of guests who were too afraid to intervene so they called the police instead. The groom was arrested by the Russian National Guard.

The deceased bride is said to have met him while he was in prison and believed she could tame him, detectives believe.

Chief investigator Kirill Petrushin a senior regional detective of the Russian Investigative Committee. told NGS news agency:

“He began to punch and kick her outside the house. He continued to attack her inside the house. He grabbed her by the hair, hit her, pushed her out into the street, where he also continued to strike her body and head.”

When she appeared lifeless ‘he dumped her into a nearby ravine’.