In Irkutsk, the case of two young men accused of group robbery has been sent to court. On September 15 they tried to steal two sacks of potatoes from a trailer in a yard on Krasnykh Madyar Street. The incident was caught on surveillance camera and quickly spread online, and the suspects 17 and 18 were soon detained by police. They now face up to 7 years in prison.
The case of two men who attempted to steal two sacks of grain crops on September 15 of this year has been sent to the Oktyabrsky District Court of Irkutsk. As reported on September 29 by the Investigative Committee of Russia for the Irkutsk Region, they are accused of committing a crime under paragraph “a” of part 2 of Article 161 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (robbery committed by a group of persons by prior conspiracy). The sanction of this article provides for a maximum penalty of up to 7 years of imprisonment.Recall that on that day, in the courtyard of a house on Krasnykh Madyar Street, the Irkutsk residents stole two sacks of potatoes from a trailer. The thieves drove up in a car and loaded the stolen property. The owner of the grain crops stepped out into the yard at that moment, jumped onto the hood and then onto the roof of the car, but was unable to stop the offenders. This incident was captured by a surveillance camera.
Hot on the heels, the suspected robbers were detained by police. They turned out to be two young men aged 17 and 18. The recording made its way onto the Internet and became very popular.