A FLIGHT attendant has been found dead at a plush five star hotel in Dubai, reports say.
The woman, 25, was discovered with 15 stab wounds in her hotel room after the killer reportedly posed as a guest and broke in.
Albert Morgan, 41, was arrested by Russia authorities after flying back to St Petersburg just hours after she was killed.
Court footage shows the suspect wearing a hat and mask as he appeared before a Russian judge, where he was remanded in custody over the flight attendant’s death.
The woman worked for Russian airline Pobeda, which is wholly owned by state carrier Aeroflot and was planning to work on private jets.
It’s understood she was staying at the voco Bonnington in Dubai.
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She had reportedly lived with Morgan for around two years in St Petersburg.
It is alleged that he broke into her private correspondence before flying to Dubai to confront her.
During the relationship, she had several times called police over conflicts, but then withdrew her complaints against him, say reports citing law enforcement.
Morgan, who earlier adopted the family name of the US banking dynasty after a seven year jail term for drug offences, allegedly used deception to break into her room.
He allegedly stole a hotel robe from the laundry at the hotel and persuaded a maid to open the door to the victim’s room – claiming he had forgotten his key.
He is said to have followed her to the UAE on a 2,700 mile flight after “falsely” concluding she was working as an escort with VIP passengers while dating him, according to reports citing law enforcement.
Reports claim he planned to confront her, smear her in green paint and cut her hair with scissors.
After finding him in her room, a row followed in which he allegedly stabbed her repeatedly with the scissors.
Morgan had reportedly flown to Dubai with an accomplice, a bailiff from St Petersburg, who allegedly followed the flight attendant from the hotel lobby to find out her room number.
Her body, bearing multiple stab wounds, was found by hotel staff a few hours late in a pool of blood.
Dubai police identified the suspect using hotel CCTV and alerted Russian law enforcement, who moved to arrest him.
Upon touching down in Russia, Morgan had requested to be sent to the war against Ukraine before he was detained.
Many alleged criminals have been able to exploit Vladimir Putin’s laws and sign up as soldiers to evade justice.
But Morgan was unsuccessful in his ploy and has been remanded in custody for two months pending further investigations.
Dubai Police and voco Bonnington Dubai Hotel have been approached for comment.
It follows the arrest of a wealthy Russian construction boss who reportedly left his glamour model ex with horror head wounds.
Dmitry Kuzmin, 42, is accused of causing “serious bodily harm” to Anzhelika Tartanova, 33, after she tried to end their six-month romance.
Friends allegethe “controlling and jealous” boss turned violent after she told him she wanted out.
Tartanova told relatives he banned her from seeing her 16-year-old son and sister before the alleged attack which left her “close to death”.
Kuzmin reportedly treated the model “like a doll” to Kuzmin, showering her with gifts, but cutting her off from family.
It is alleged she was beaten after saying she was leaving him.
She was apparently then thrown into the street with severe head wounds and only survived after a passerby raised the alarm and called an ambulance.
The businessman was later seen in a court cage as he was arrested pending further investigations.