MOSCOW, June 24 (RAPSI, Maria Petrova) - The Moscow Regional Court has sentenced a local woman who pushed her two sons from the balcony to compulsory medical treatment, RAPSI reports from the court on Monday.

According to the investigators, Galina Ryabkova lured her two sons, one aged four and the other seven, onto the common balcony of the fifteenth floor of their apartment building and pushed them over the handrail. The boys died.

The court ruled that Ryabkova is guilty of murder committed in a state of mental derangement. According to a forensic psychiatric examination, Ryabkova has a mental disorder and was not aware of what she was doing.

The court ruled that she cannot be called to criminal responsibility and sent her to a mental hospital. The prosecutor said after the hearing that Ryabkova was sorry for her actions.

Ryabkova's spouse told journalists in court that she deserved a more severe punishment. "I don't believe she is mentally ill. She should not be sent to a hospital; she deserves a more severe punishment," he said.

A psychological and psychiatric examination made during the investigation showed that Ryabkova is not aware of the social danger of her actions. 

Her case was forwarded to the court, which was expected to sentence her to compulsory medical treatment.