In Chirchiq city of Tashkent region, a man who threatened to kill a pharmacy worker and stole money was sentenced by the court. This was reported in the “Zamon” program here.
According to reports, a man who entered a pharmacy and threatened to kill the pharmacy worker before taking money from the cash register was brought to the Chirchiq city court on criminal charges. He was detained under pre-trial detention measures the very next day of his crime.
Details of the incident: a man with a concealed face enters the pharmacy. He holds the seller under threat and takes the money from the cash register. The pharmacy seller testified in court.
According to her, she couldn't resist because her life was under threat. “I couldn't fully resist because he had a knife. He took off with close to 700 thousand som. I tried to resist, about a hundred thousand or so fell down, and with that, he ran out into the street and escaped,” she said.
In court, the defendant admitted his guilt and explained his actions with the intoxication of that day: “That day, I was sitting at home alone, consuming alcoholic drinks. I don't know why I went out. It happened at that moment,” he said.
According to his statement in court, a credit debt of more than fifteen million som depressed him, and during the night, he forced his way into a pharmacy not far from his living place.
He was found guilty under part two of section “a” of Article 164 of the Criminal Code and was sentenced to 8 years of imprisonment.
