Overview
- Maidstone Crown Court sentenced the 21-year-old on November 28 to life imprisonment with a minimum term of 26 years, according to the Crown Prosecution Service.
- Juska pleaded guilty to murdering 39-year-old Nina Denisova and to committing a sexual offence against her body.
- The attack occurred in August 2024, when Denisova, a family friend, was stabbed repeatedly while she slept at the defendant’s home in Dartford.
- After leaving the house, he asked a passer-by at a nearby bus stop to call police; body-worn camera footage shows him telling officers, “I killed someone,” and identifying the victim as his mother’s friend.
- In interviews he said he had decided to kill someone and reported using alcohol and cocaine the night before, as the CPS and Kent Police highlighted the case’s impact on the victim’s family and the wider issue of violence against women.