In Minsk will judge a bicycle thief – he faces the 18th conviction

A criminal case has been sent to the court against a 42-year-old previously repeatedly convicted citizen who is accused of committing thefts, the correspondent of the Minsk-Novosti agency was told in the Leninsky district prosecutor's office.

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In May 2026, the defendant was once again released from a penal colony and on the same day reached Orsha. While walking around the city, he decided to steal a bicycle. Going into the entrance of the apartment building, he chose a bike not fastened to the perillas, rolled out into the yard and drove it to the garage cooperative, where he sold it to an unknown man for 50 BYN.

Then the attacker went to the capital to his friend. In the next few days, he stole from the entrances of houses on the street. Cherokomli two more bikes, which also sold to the first people for 40 and 50 BYN.

After a while, his involvement in the theft of two-wheeled vehicles was established, another criminal case was initiated against the man.

- The accused has a secondary education, he is single, was not officially employed anywhere, was previously prosecuted 17 times for committing property crimes, has a criminal record that has not been removed and not extinguished in the manner prescribed by law, commented Alexander Mazanik, Deputy Prosecutor of the Leninsky District. He was charged with committing crimes under Part 2 of Art. 205 of the Criminal Code (“Theft”). The citizen admitted his guilt in full.

The preventive measure against the accused was not elected, since he is currently serving a sentence of four years imprisonment in a correctional colony under strict regime under the sentence of the Minsk district court of 15.07. 2026.