Like being at home! A man was sentenced to 10 years in prison for crazily sweeping goods at a shopping mall in Shanghai late at night. Mobile phone | Mall | Shanghai
In the quiet of the night, a man was strolling around in the originally empty mall, leisurely as if at his own home, and even took some time to change himself into stolen clothes. Recently, after being prosecuted by the People's Procuratorate of Huangpu District, Shanghai, the court sentenced the defendant Lu to 10 years in prison, deprived him of political rights for 1 year, and fined him 50000 yuan for theft.
On the early morning of September 16, 2022, Ms. Zhang, who was working as a teller at a shopping mall in Shanghai, arrived at work on time. When she opened the drawer for routine inspection, she found that her phone was missing, only the phone case was left. She immediately went to the building management and property management office to report and retrieve surveillance footage. At this time, more tellers from the store came over, stating that the valuable goods in her counter were also missing, and everything was normal when she finished work last night.
Lu wandered around the mall in search of a "target"
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Upon closer inspection of the surveillance footage that night, everyone was surprised to find that after the mall closed, there was actually a man wandering around "sweeping" the goods. According to statistics, he stole multiple brand stores, totaling 7 watches, 6 bracelets, a backpack, a T-shirt, a metal lighter, a mobile phone, and 3000 yuan in cash placed in the cashier, with a total value of over 490000 yuan. The surveillance footage shows that the man wandered around the mall for several hours until after 4am, when he took advantage of the cleaner's work and the opportunity to enter and exit the mall.
Lu searched inside the counter of a shop
In the afternoon of that day, the Shanghai police followed the clues and found the man Lu in a hotel in Suzhou, and seized the stolen goods on the spot. Lu confessed that he took the high-speed train to Shanghai on September 15th and found that the watches and jewelry in the mall were very beautiful, which sparked his greed. At around 9 pm on the 15th, he hid in the men's restroom and didn't come out until after confirming that the mall was closed at around 11 pm. At this moment, there was no one else in the mall besides him. Lu was like strolling around his own home, taking whatever he wanted and committing theft.
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