3 convicted of bold theft of old gold coins from the German Museum

Three men were convicted on Tuesday in stealing hundreds of old gold coins From a German Museum in 2022 The prison sentences of up to 11 years were delivered.

The German news agency DPA reported that a court in the southern city of Ingolsat condemned the defendants to steal the gangs about the theft of the museum. A fourth defender was acquitted of the museum’s theft, but he was convicted of other killings carried out by the group.

The suspects from northern Germany were arrested months after November 22, 2022, storming at the Celtic and Roman Museum in the Bavarian town of Manching, where 483 coins were discovered during the 1999 digging. The coins return to about 100 BC

Metal currencies and a group of non -distorted gold were discovered in the original during the excavations of an old settlement in the manager, and the authorities said they are the largest group of Celtic gold in the twentieth century.

Investigators said that the theft occurred in only nine minutes. At 1:17 am, the cables were cut in a telecommunications center nearly, leaving the area without communications networks. Officials said the museum door was open at 1:26 am, the thieves left the building at 1:35 am, and left them just a few minutes to destroy the width box and take the treasure. No warnings were operated during the accident. The museum had no guard overnight.

Most of the stolen treasure is still missing, but the investigators found gold blocs on a suspect when he was arrested and it appears that it resulted from part of the melted treasure. Robert Gibhard, head of the archaeological group in the Bavarian state in Munich, said in 2022 that the vision of coins will dissolve the “worst option”.

The four defendants were accused of a total of 20 interruptions or tried to rob in Germany and Austria, starting in 2014. Other cases included treasures or cash machines.

The defendants did not address the charges during the trial that lasted almost six months, but their lawyers called for their acquittal.

The court sentenced them to the prison, which ranges between four years and nine months to 11 years.