In the settlement of Rudno on 5 November at around 22:00, an unidentified man attacked a passer-by, beat him and took his bag with his belongings. According to law enforcement officers, police detained the alleged attacker, who faces up to ten years in prison.
According to the investigation, the offender approached the man from behind, struck him on the head, and then several times in the face. When the victim lost consciousness and fell, the attacker took his bag, which contained a mobile phone, a torch and other items, and then fled. After regaining consciousness, the man sought help from the police.
Officers from the criminal police, investigators and other staff of Police Station No.1 of Lviv District Police Department No.2, as well as officers from the criminal investigation unit and the Criminal Analysis Department of the Lviv Region Police, were involved in solving the crime. They established the suspect’s whereabouts and detained him under Article 615 of the Criminal Procedure Code of Ukraine.
The detainee turned out to be a 45-year-old man who had previously been prosecuted for theft. Investigators of the territorial police unit informed him that he is suspected of committing an offence under Part 4 of Article 186 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (robbery). The sanction of this article provides for a penalty of imprisonment for a term of seven to ten years.
The pre-trial investigation is ongoing, and law enforcement officers are considering what preventive measure to apply to the detainee. During martial law, the maximum terms of punishment are provided for committing theft, robbery, aggravated robbery, extortion and a number of other offences.