In Lviv, the pre-trial investigation has been completed into a 30-year-old resident of the city of Uzhhorod, who is accused of robbing a woman with a disability who uses a wheelchair. The indictment has been submitted to the court.
According to law enforcement officers, the incident took place on 7 August at around 16:00 on Horodotska Street in Lviv. The offender snatched a mobile phone from the hands of a 41-year-old Lviv woman and fled.
To solve the crime, officers from the criminal police, investigators and staff of other units of Police Department No.1 of Lviv District Police Directorate No.2, employees of the Criminal Analysis Department of the Lviv Region Police, as well as the Patrol Police Department in Lviv Region, were involved under the procedural guidance of the Frankivsk District Prosecutor’s Office.
Police officers established the whereabouts of the suspect, a 30-year-old man from Uzhhorod, and detained him under Article 208 of the Criminal Procedure Code of Ukraine. Physical evidence was seized from him.
Criminal proceedings have been initiated under Part 4 of Article 186 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (robbery). For the offence with which he is charged, the accused faces a sentence of imprisonment for a term of seven to ten years. Under martial law, the maximum terms of punishment are provided for robbery, theft, banditry, extortion and a number of other crimes.