In St. Petersburg, a student was sentenced to 1.5 years in a penal colony because of a Molotov cocktail thrown at a building with a sign “military registration and enlistment office”

The Petrodvortsovy District Court of St. Petersburg sentenced local student Viktor Melnikov, who threw a Molotov cocktail at a building with a sign “military registration and enlistment office,” to one year and six months in a penal colony. This was reported by the joint press service of the city courts.

In addition, Melnikov was prescribed compulsory outpatient observation and treatment by a psychiatrist at the place where he was serving his sentence. He was found guilty of intentionally damaging someone else's property for hooligan reasons (Part 2 of Article 167 of the Criminal Code).

According to investigators, on September 21, he made a Molotov cocktail and threw it into the building of a military camp at 1A Ilikovskaya Street in the Petrodvortsovy district of St. Petersburg. As a result, a fire started, which led to damage to the finishing of the building, and the student also broke a window in the room. The court assessed the damage caused at 283,897 rubles, the defendant has already compensated for it.

There was a sign on the building that said “military registration and enlistment office” - the young man assumed that it was a military registration and enlistment office, but later it turned out that the active military registration and enlistment office was located in the house next door, and the building he set on fire was simply on the balance sheet of the property relations department of the Russian Ministry of Defense. Melnikov admitted guilt, his case was considered in a special manner. in pre-trial detention since the end of September He has been .