morgue technician has been sacked after tests revealed he had sex with the corpse of a murdered reality star.
Oksana Aplekaeva, a former star of Russia's top reality show Dom-2, was murdered in 2008. Her body was found by a lorry driver on the side of a motorway.
The star's killer has never been caught but new information led police to exhume her body and carry out more detailed forensic tests.
Evidence collected revealed that Aplekaeva had been sexually violated after her death.
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Oksana Aplekaeva was a former reality TV star who was murdered in 2008
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Alexander (above), was still working at the morgue until the discovery of his actions - he has now been forced to resign
DNA tests showed that a forensic morgue technician named only as 37-year-old Alexander was the offender.
Alexander, still working at the morgue until the discovery of his actions, has been forced to resign.