Arvydas Maliusis, 38, was handed a mandatory life sentence for the murder of 39-year-old Ilja Akatjevas at Ipswich Crown Court on August 6. Arvydas Maliusis, 38, was sentenced to 18 years in prison at Ipswich Crown Court on August 6. Maliusis continued to deny responsibility throughout the trial, claiming he had only struck Mr Akatjevas once or twice, and that the woman present must have put his coat on and killed Mr Akatjevas. The court heard that after the attack, Maliusis and the woman walked around Ipswich, with Maliusis still wearing his blood-spattered coat. Maliusis called police the next morning after returning to the flat and finding Mr Akatjevas dead.