Two church robbers sentenced to prison in Orenburg, Russia

Case information
Incident date
Country
Russia
Place
Orenburg
Categories
  • Social Hostility / Intolerance
Attack Against
  • Faith
Hate Crime & Violent Incidents
  • Theft
Place of Incident
  • Christian Building
Reported to Police
  • Yes
Response of Local Authorities
  • Investigated
Image credit: orengrad.ru

A 48-year-old woman and her daughter-in-law who were arrested after stealing sacred gold objects from a church store on the night of May 10-11 in Orenburg were tried and sentenced to ten months of "colony life", which is the Russian equivalent of semi-liberty. The loot was returned.

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