Minchanin tried to take food out of the store, and when he was caught, he staged a pogrom and threatened violence

A criminal case against a 42-year-old previously repeatedly convicted citizen who is accused of attempted robbery has been sent to the court, the Leninsky District Prosecutor’s Office told the correspondent of the Minsk-Novosti news agency.

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Late in the evening, the accused, being in a state of alcoholic intoxication, entered the store on Rokossovsky Avenue. Looking around, he began to take goods from the shelves, put them in his backpack and shove trousers under the rubber band. So the attacker hid two packs and two cans of coffee, ten packages of cheese, a can of chocolate paste totaling 175.85 BYN. After the Minskyan went to the exit from the market, bypassing the calculation node.

The cashier noticed this and demanded the return of the stolen goods. However, the man did not react to this, but, on the contrary, began to act openly, threatening the use of violence. The store worker tried to stop him, but the attacker pushed the woman away. Her colleague came to the rescue.

The cry of the cashier was heard by another buyer and blocked the thief’s way. Realizing that he was caught, he began to post stolen goods. At that moment, the defendant heard that the employees of the outlet pressed the alarm button and a police outfit was about to arrive. One of them locked the store door.

The accused tried to open it, but was prevented by a caring buyer, grabbing him by the neck. He tried to free himself from capture, a struggle began between the men, and they fell. At the same time, the attacker damaged the anti-theft gate and struck several blows to the vigilant citizen.

Arrived policemen detained unclean in the hand of the Minsk citizen, subsequently against him opened another criminal case.

- The accused has a secondary education, he is married, employed as a handyman at one of the state-owned enterprises, was previously prosecuted 13 times, including for committing similar crimes, has a criminal record that has not been removed and not extinguished in accordance with the procedure established by law, commented Alexander Mazanik, Deputy Prosecutor of the Leninsky District. He was charged with attempted open theft of property (robbery), combined with violence that is not dangerous to the life and health of the victim, and the threat of using such violence, committed repeatedly, that is, in a crime under Part 1 of Article 14, Part 2 of Article 206 of the Criminal Code, the sanction of which is up to six years of imprisonment. The citizen admitted guilt partially, refused to testify, using his legal right.

A preventive measure of detention has been applied against the accused.