Sentences ranging from three months to forty days' were passed on four Russians on looting charges at the First Special District Court yesterday.
The Russians, I. Mallzeff, aged 39. N. Sinevitch, 28, M. Stamkausky, 30 and S. Miten, 38, were arrested in Wayside district.. The first three accused were seen by a patrol party headed by Detective Sub-Inspector McCahey to be carrying an enamel bath on a wheelbarrow in Kungping Road, near East Seward Road, at is|8.30 am. Tuesday. Later, another three Russians including S. Miten were arrested with another wheelbarrow.
Mallzeff and. Stamkausky were sentenced to two months' imprisonment each, while Sinevitch received three months and Miten, forty days. All the four were alleged to have stolen the wheelbarrows and the enamel bath in Wayside district. Two other Russians were acquitted.
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