The employee of the capital’s store stole the forgotten buyer’s wallet

A criminal case was sent to the court against a 39-year-old previously unconvicted citizen who is accused of committing theft, the correspondent of the Minsk-Novosti agency was told in the Partizan district prosecutor's office.

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The defendant worked in a store on the street. Carvata. On her lunch break, she went to the trading room to buy water. While paying for her at the self-service checkout, she noticed a wallet left by someone, which she took for herself without shame. It contained bank and discount cards, a magnetic coin, and 64.5 BYN.

After a while, the attacker noticed law enforcement officers in the store. She was nervous, but did not admit to stealing her wallet.

On the way home, the defendant decided to get rid of other people’s property and thereby remove suspicions from herself. She left her wallet on a bench near the entrance of a residential building, having previously taken money from it.

Subsequently, the unclean Minsk woman was convicted, a criminal case was opened against her. It turned out that the victim quickly discovered the missing wallet, returned to the store and, since he was not found there, called the police.

- The accused has a minor child, has not previously been brought to criminal responsibility, commented Timur Stuzhuk, deputy prosecutor of the Partizan district. She is charged with secret theft of property (theft), that is, with committing a crime under Part 1 of Art. 205 of the Criminal Code, the sanction of which is up to three years in prison. The citizen fully admitted her guilt, repented of what she had done. A preventive measure was applied against her in the form of a subscription not to leave and proper behavior.