A Ukrainian man confessed to a fake murder, in a strange strategy to get snow out of his road, authorities said.
The man, who was not publicly identified by his name, called police on Saturday night to say he had stabbed his mother’s boyfriend, Agence France-Presse reported.
But he also warned “immediately” police officers to come with a snowplow, saying it would be impossible to get home otherwise, police spokesman Yuliya Kovtun said Monday.
But officers were able to get home with only an SUV and found the “victim” unharmed there, according to Kovtun.
Meanwhile, the “killer” immediately confessed that he invented the murder, the police spokesman said.
According to Kovtun, he apparently came to the scheme after being dissatisfied “with the quality of compensation” on his road by city workers.
The man, from the village of Grybova Rudnya, now faces a fine of up to 119 hryvnies, or about $ 4, for filing a false complaint.
The incident occurred when record snowfall fell over Ukraine in recent days, with about 20 centimeters covering much of the country.