Dresden (dpa / sn) – After the return of a large part of the loot from the Dresden jewel theft, the district court now wants to address the background to the action at the next hearing. “A member of the special commission ‘Epaulette’ should be heard as a witness on the process of the seizure. An expert from the Saxon art collections will be heard as a witness on the extent and condition of the seized jewelry,” said court spokesman Andreas Feron on Tuesday on request. The hearing is scheduled to take place on January 10th. It is still unclear whether the accused will provide the expected information.
Around three years after the burglary in the treasury, most of the loot turned up again shortly before Christmas. 31 items from the theft were secured in Berlin and brought back to Dresden, where experts then examined the pieces. The return of the jewels was apparently preceded by an agreement. It was “talked between the defense and the public prosecutor’s office, including the court, about a possible agreement on the procedure and the repatriation of looted items that were still there,” it said officially. The aim of a deal is usually a reduction in sentence.
In the early morning of November 25, 2019, pieces of jewelery with a total of 4,300 diamonds and brilliants with a total value of over 113 million euros were stolen from the Green Vault. The perpetrators had also caused damage to property amounting to more than one million euros. The slump made international headlines. In this case, six young men are currently facing charges of gang theft and serious arson. You are German and come from a well-known Arab family in Berlin.
