Damaged a bank by arson and recorded the fire on his phone: the court announced the verdict to a resident of Khmelnytskyi region
The Khmelnytskyi City District Court of Khmelnytskyi region considered case No. 686/13331/26 regarding the arson of the "A-Bank" branch, committed by a 23-year-old resident of Khmelnytskyi Region after communicating with unknown persons on Telegram.
The essence of the case
A resident of Khmelnytskyi Region born in 2002 damaged property belonging to the banking institution of the Khmelnytskyi branch of JSC "A-Bank" by setting fire to it.
Thus, at the beginning of March this year, the accused met a woman in the mobile application "Telegram" who used altered profile data and a fictitious name. Later, he received a phone call from another unidentified person who informed him that the woman he met the day before cooperates with Russian special services, who are allegedly currently inside the "A-Bank" branch premises, and offered him to set fire to the bank, promising a material reward of 800 hryvnias.
After that, fulfilling his part of the prior agreement, the man purchased a plastic canister with five liters of gasoline from a store. Late that evening, he poured gasoline on the entrance doors of the bank building and set them on fire. Before leaving the scene, he recorded the fire on his phone.
As a result, the fire damaged the stairway, entrance doors, canopy, and built-in surveillance cameras. The property damage caused to the bank amounts to almost 313,600 hryvnias.
The court approved the plea agreement
A plea agreement was concluded between the prosecutor and the accused, according to which the man fully admitted his guilt, sincerely repented for the act, actively assisted in solving the criminal offense, voluntarily compensated the material damage caused, which mitigates his punishment. There are no aggravating circumstances for the accused.
The court approved this agreement and found the accused guilty of committing a criminal offense under Part 2 of Article 194 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine and sentenced him to four years of imprisonment.
Based on Article 75 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine, the court released him from serving the main sentence with probation and set a probation period of one year and six months, accordingly imposing a number of obligations under Article 76 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.
An appeal against the court verdict may be filed.
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