A Krasnoyarsk man received a sentence for robbing a pensioner in an elevator (video)


March 20 12:02
In Krasnoyarsk, a court sentenced a local resident for robbing a pensioner in an elevator. This was reported by the press service of the regional prosecutor's office.
Let us remind you that the incident occurred in October 2025. INA drunk 64-year-old resident of Krasnoyarsk was unable to get from the street on his own. Maerchak to his house on the street. North Yenisei. He offered strangers 500 rubles to accompany him to his apartment in a taxi. They agreed and gave the pensioner a ride home.
In the elevator, one of the men noticed a gold chain under the pensioner’s sweatshirt and planned a robbery. On the 4th floor, he signaled with his gaze to his 35-year-old friend. He, previously convicted of hijacking, robbery and theft, responded with a nod. Then he pushed the pensioner to the wall of the elevator, unbuttoned his jacket and tore off the chain with a sharp movement. According to the victim, despite his intoxication, he noticed how the accomplices were constantly looking at each other.
A Krasnoyarsk man received 2.5 years in prison for robbing a pensioner in an elevator
After the robbery, the attackers fled, pawned the chain in a pawnshop for 162 thousand rubles and divided the money in half. The operatives seized 138 thousand rubles from them, but the damage from the crime amounted to 260 thousand rubles.
“The court found the perpetrator of the robbery guilty of robbery (paragraphs “a”, “e”, part 2 of Article 161 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation) and sentenced him to 2.5 years in prison in a general regime correctional colony. The victim’s civil claim was partially satisfied: 121 thousand rubles and 100 thousand rubles in compensation for moral damage were recovered as compensation for material damage,” the regional prosecutor’s office clarified.
The initiator of the theft is undergoing military service, therefore the criminal case against him has been suspended.
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