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UFA, September 21 The Kirovsky District Court of Ufa sent a saleswoman who robbed a jewelry store for 12 million rubles to a penal colony for five years and recovered damages from her, reports correspondent from the courtroom.
In November 2022, a 22-year-old resident of Nizhny Novgorod Dzerzhinsk, working as a salesperson in a jewelry store in Ufa, took 12 million rubles worth of jewelry from the salon and disappeared, but was caught on surveillance cameras. The accused was detained in the Nizhny Novgorod region; she had no stolen goods. The girl was arrested.
Previously, the Bashkir police revealed details of the theft. It turned out that the girl was convinced to commit a crime by an unknown man who helped her get a job in a jewelry store; he convinced her to take the jewelry from the store and give it to him. The police are now looking for the man.
It was previously reported that the state prosecution requested 6 years in a general regime correctional colony for Karina Makarova. The defendant herself asked the court to allow her to live the life of an ordinary person.
The Kirovsky District Court on Thursday sentenced Makarova to five years in prison. The court also recovered from the girl the damage caused to the store in the amount of 12.3 million rubles. Makarova was arrested in the courtroom.
«We will appeal the verdict, unfortunately, the court did not take into account when imposing the sentence that Makarova was pregnant. Her health is of concern, she is in her fourth month, yesterday after the hearing she felt unwell,» said Makarova's lawyer Igor Stepanov.
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