Director of “magnet” in Barnaul charged with child restraint – Russian newspaper

The investigating authorities accused store manager “Magnet” in Barnaul in the false imprisonment of two minors.

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– The prosecution presented to the Director under Part 2 of Article 127 of the Criminal Code (illegal deprivation of liberty against a minor) – explained correspondent “RG” Senior Assistant Head Investigation Department of the TFR in the Altai Territory Lyudmila Ryazantseva. – Now, investigators are collecting and securing evidence in the criminal case.

Recall Barnaul this store retail chain at the center of a scandal at the beginning of March, when it became known that employees illegally detained two 12-year-old girls, accusing them of stealing chocolates. Hike schoolgirls for gifts for March 8 ended detention, investigation and tears. How to tell the mother of one of the victims, girlfriend went to buy sweets for classmates, taking with him 500 rubles. Girls long time to choose, not just returned from the ticket office to the shop floor, and decided not to buy one of the chocolate, put it on the wrong shelf. This caused suspicion among store employees. “Try to reset the product” – decided vigilant “magnitovtsy” and detained grader.

– The daughter said that at first did not understand why they are in the back room – I think some action takes place – says Eugene , the father of one of the girls. – The staff searched the girls, and when nothing was found, began to demand a declaration of trying to steal sweets. Called them a thief, threatened to call the police and report to school. For my daughter it was a real shock.

A total of children held in the back room for about an hour before them did not come one of the mothers. Parents wrote to the prosecutor appealed to the press, and that was the reason for criminal prosecution. If the wine director of Barnaul store in Unlawful Detainer children will be proved, he could face a real term – imprisonment of three to five years. Commenting on the incident, lawyer Andrei Mihailin noted that the legal service of “magnet” was not up to par, not just to familiarize its staff with the elementary rules of law.

– If a person is suspected of stealing, then decide the question of his guilt or guilt can only law enforcement agencies. In addition, in the case of juvenile interrogations and searches can be carried out only in the presence of their legal representatives – parents or guardians – recalled the lawyer.

The situation with schoolgirls took over control of the Commissioner of the Governor of the Altai Territory Rights of the Child Olga Kazantsev . According to her, children under the age of 14 can make small everyday transactions, but the responsibility for these transactions are parents. “Therefore, all the claims in this case, store employees had to bring parents, but not to minors,” – she said.

It is worth noting that employees of stores “Magnet” is not the first time find themselves in the center of a scandal associated with unfounded accusations of stealing customers. For example, in early February, 81-year-old blokadnitsa died in police department of St. Petersburg, where she was taken on suspicion of stealing three packs of butter in a “magnet”. The prosecutor’s office found no evidence of guilt of the pensioner, and upon her death TFR has opened a criminal case under article “Causing death by negligence”. The charge to the Director of the store also presented.

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