A resident of the capital stole from the bench left by a teenager smartphone and charger

A criminal case has been sent to the court against a 19-year-old previously unconvicted resident of the capital, 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 accused with his wife and a friend walked along the alley that is on Zakharov Street. On one of the benches, the defendant saw a forgotten mobile phone in a case and a portable charger. The company stood nearby for about 15 minutes and watched. Making sure that no one returns for the property, the attacker took it for himself.

In the next few days, he tried to reset the smartphone to factory settings, but he failed.

It turned out that the phone on the bench carelessly left the teenager to charge and briefly left with friends to the store. Then he told his father about what had happened, and he made a statement to the police.

Employees detained an unclean resident of the capital in a cafe where he worked part-time. The young man confessed and gave them a stolen smartphone and a charger worth 1,393.49 BYN. A criminal case was opened against the young man.

- The accused has a secondary education, he is married, is not officially employed anywhere, has not previously been brought to criminal responsibility, commented Timur Stuzhuk, deputy prosecutor of the Partizan district. He 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 his guilt, repented of what he had done. A preventive measure was applied against the accused in the form of a subscription not to leave and proper behavior.