Three and a half years after the spectacular theft of jewels from the Historic Green Vault in Dresden, five young men from the Berlin Remmo clan have been sentenced to prison terms. The Dresden district court found her guilty on Tuesday of particularly serious arson in combination with dangerous bodily injury, theft with weapons, damage to property and intentional arson. The sentence is based on a "deal". A 25-year-old was acquitted, he has an alibi.
For three now 26, 27 and 29-year-old men from the well-known extended family of Arab origin, the Criminal Chamber imposed prison sentences of six years and three months, five years and ten months, and six years and two months. One of the twin brothers was sentenced to four years and four months in juvenile detention.
The four accused have to pay for the damage to the lock and the showcase. The judges also see the other 24-year-old as an accomplice, he received six years in juvenile detention – including a previous conviction. The pronouncement of the verdict was, like some days of the trial, accompanied by a great deal of media interest.
One of the most spectacular thefts
The art theft from Saxony's famous Treasury Museum on 25 November 2019 is considered one of the most spectacular in Germany. The perpetrators captured 21 pieces of jewellery made of diamonds and diamonds with a total value of 116.8 million euros and caused over one million euros in damage when they set fire to a power distribution box in the old town and a getaway car in the underground car park of a residential building in order to cover tracks. The Free State of Bavaria had claimed damages in the amount of almost 89 million euros in court – for the returned, partly damaged and still missing pieces of jewellery as well as for repairs to the destroyed showcases and the museum building.
Months later, the defendants were gradually caught during raids in Berlin. Five are in custody, one of them and a 25-year-old are also serving their juvenile sentence for the theft of the gold coin from Berlin's Bode Museum in 2017. At the beginning of January, there was an agreement between the defense, the prosecution and the court after most of the stolen jewels were returned shortly before Christmas 2022.
The controversial "deal" had been agreed to by four defendants, who then declared themselves through their lawyers to their contribution to the crime. Another defendant also confessed, but only to the procurement of objects such as the axes, which were used to punch holes in the museum showcase. For them, the defense had demanded mitigation of the sentence for educational assistance and pointed out that the museum's lack of security "at least favored" the execution of the crime.