The Prosecutor's Office of Lepel District supported the state prosecution in a criminal case against a resident of Lepel city under Part 2 of Article 205 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus.
The Prosecutor's Office of Lepel District supported the state prosecution in a criminal case against a resident of Lepel city under Part 2 of Article 205 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus.
Thus, in April 2020, citizen Yu., together with another resident of Lepel city, both being in a state of alcoholic intoxication and intending to steal property, by free access from a utility building located near the Minsk-Vitebsk highway in Lepel city, intentionally and secretly stole chickens belonging to a resident of the city, thereby causing damage to the owner in the amount of 84 rubles. Afterwards, they fled the scene of the crime and disposed of the property as they saw fit.
Furthermore, one of the thieves (citizen Yu.) again, in April of the same year, being in a state of alcoholic intoxication and intending to steal property, while at the residence of the victim citizen A., stole a USSR Navy dagger, after which he fled the scene of the crime and disposed of the property as he saw fit. He also, while at the residence of citizen B. in Lepel city, intending to commit property theft, being in a state of alcoholic intoxication, stole a chainsaw worth 300 rubles, two household knives worth 15 rubles, as well as a mobile phone worth 60 rubles, belonging to citizen B. He fled the scene of the crime and disposed of the property as he saw fit.
The court deemed it appropriate to sentence the accused to fines. Taking into account the period of detention of the accused Yu., which lasted more than five months, the court, in accordance with Part 2 of Article 75 of the Criminal Code, released him from serving the fine and released him from custody in the courtroom.
However, given that criminal responsibility aims at the correction of the individual, as well as the prevention of new crimes by both the convicted person and other persons, and also taking into account the personal characteristics of the accused, their propensity for alcohol consumption, and their propensity for committing offences and crimes, the position of the state prosecution was to impose a sentence of arrest and imprisonment. Therefore, the state prosecutor filed a protest against the court's verdict within the appellate period.
Furthermore, the accused Yu. did not justify the trust placed in him by the court, and a week after his release from custody, he committed a new crime, for which he was convicted by the judgment of the Lepel District Court of 04.03.2021.
The prosecutor's appeal against the sentence imposed on citizen Yu. has been granted, and citizen Yu. has been sentenced to 2 years of imprisonment, to be served in a penal colony under strict regime conditions.