The regional prosecutor's office has initiated a criminal case against a resident of the Polotsk district for arson of a car

Thus, an offended resident of Polotsk district, during a sudden quarrel on a mobile phone with the wife of her husband's friend, found nothing better than to burn their car.

During the review of the verification materials, the regional prosecutor's office established that on 07.10.2018, Tatiana* (*names changed by the author), with the intent to intentionally destroy property, entered the unlocked garage located on the property belonging to her husband, where she set fire to a recently repaired Volkswagen Jetta car belonging to Vladimir* using a rag soaked in diesel fuel.

Tatiana was able to carry out her plan unimpeded because the men were in the house, where they were celebrating a successful purchase and repair for a long time and "heartily," paying no attention to the "horrors" happening around the corner. The "culprit" herself, driven mad, apparently completely forgot about the destructive power of fire.

As a result of the fire, the car, valued at about 600 Belarusian rubles, was completely destroyed by flames, and the garage was damaged, along with tools and equipment belonging to her husband, valued at about 6,000 rubles.

The aggrieved men did not make any claims against the "heated" lady.

However, based on the results of the review of the verification materials, the regional prosecutor's office gave an objective assessment of Tatiana's actions.

It was taken into account that Tatiana committed an intentional unlawful act in a generally dangerous manner, which is understood as a method of committing a crime characterized by great destructive power or otherwise creating a danger of death or bodily harm to people, which also includes arson.

At the same time, Tatiana's intent was directly related to the destruction of V.'s property, but due to the great destructive power of the fire, her husband's property was also damaged.

In addition, the source of the fire was in the garage, which was freely accessible to other persons, and the garage itself was located near the residential building where her husband and V. were in a state of alcoholic intoxication, which could have created a threat to their lives and health in case they attempted to save their

hazard. The presence of various equipment and other flammable and combustible substances in the garage also created a danger of death or bodily harm to people when entering or being near the garage.

In this regard, a criminal case has been initiated against Tatyana under Part 2 of Article 218 of the Criminal Code for intentional destruction of property committed in a generally dangerous manner, which is classified as a serious crime, and the sanction of the article provides for punishment up to imprisonment for a term of up to 10 years.

Prosecutor of the Department for Supervision of Inquiry and Operational-Investigative Activities
A. Zaikin