A 54-year-old man was convicted in Sumy region who, pretending to be a paramedic, robbed and nearly killed the spouses of pensioners.
By a court decision of December 28, he was found guilty on three counts and sentenced to 7 years 6 months in prison.
In the near future, confiscation of all property will take place convicted person, except for housing.
Cynical robbery of pensioners
According to the case file, the incident took place on May 4 in the village of Ozarichi near Konotop .
Spouses of pensioners invited Then another 53-year-old previously convicted man visited the home of the spouses of retirees for & # 8220; vaccinations & # 8221; from Covid-19.
The attacker planned a robbery: instead of a vaccine, he injected pensioners with sleeping pills and waited until they fell asleep.
Only then the man began to brazenly rummage through other people's things to find bank cards, jewelry, phones and cash.
The spouses miraculously survived
The fraudster's plans did not include the fact that sleeping pills would not work on the victims as well as he planned.
When the 79-year-old woman regained consciousness and tried to stop the robbery, the attacker began to hit her and demand money.
Not receiving answer, he pushed the elderly woman to the floor and ran out of the house, taking only her mobile phone and her pension bank card.
To avoid punishment for what he did, a man before fleeing decided to set fire to the house. Fortunately, the pensioner woke her husband up in time and they put out the fire on their own, after which they called the police.
