The man who last October raped and killed a girl in Leova town and was arrested last December after he tried to rape another minor girl got 30 years in jail, IPN reports.

According to the Prosecutor General’s Office, in October 2015 the aggressor raped and then strangled a girl, leaving the body in a forest near Leova town. The culprit was arrested in several months, immediately after attempting to rape another teenage girl.

When questioned by prosecutors, the man, who has a criminal record, admitted his guilt. He was thus sentenced to 30 years in a high-security prison.

The sentence can be appealed to a higher court