Moment pregnant woman who stole money from villager's home was tied to pole and beaten unconscious
The victim, 28, was caught taking 900 yuan last month and released. When she showed up against this weekend, the woman wasn't so lucky
A pregnant woman was tied to a large pole and beaten this weekend after she reappeared in a village in China's eastern Zhejiang province, where she had been caught stealing cash 10 days before.
Taizhou’s police bureau, which oversees Hengshanqian village where the incident occurred, confirmed the woman, 28, was beaten after she returned to the village on Saturday. She was caught stealing 900 yuan from a villager’s home last month.
The man who attacked her is being detained for eight days and fined 300 yuan (HK$364).
After the theft, villagers released her without calling the police because she had given back the money and was an expecting mother, according to a statement issued by the Taizhou police on Weibo.
But when the villagers saw her again, they decided to teach her a lesson. After the attack, she was sent to hospital for treatment and has returned home but is under watch for the earlier theft.
She had been punished on three occasions earlier for similar offences, it added.