US Edition3 Men Convicted in the Theft of Ancient Celtic Gold Coins From a German Museum
GERMANY, JUL 29 – Three men received prison terms up to 11 years for stealing 483 ancient Celtic gold coins in a 2022 museum heist linked to at least 20 other crimes since 2014.
- Three men were convicted of stealing hundreds of ancient gold coins from a German museum and received prison sentences of up to 11 years.
- The convictions took place at a court in Ingolstadt, as reported by the German news agency DPA.
- A fourth defendant was acquitted of the museum theft but convicted of other thefts.
- Investigators found lumps of gold from the treasure on one suspect during the arrest, although most of the stolen treasure remains missing.
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3 Men Sentenced in Devastating Gold Heist
Three men have been sentenced to prison for their roles in a high-profile heist at a German museum, where hundreds of ancient Celtic gold coins were taken in just nine minutes. A court in Ingolstadt on Tuesday found the trio guilty of gang robbery for the 2022 break-in at the...
Four men have been sentenced to prison after stealing nearly 500 Celtic gold coins from a museum in Bavaria.
The four defendants in the gang theft trial in Ingolstadt are sometimes sentenced to high prison terms. They are said to have all been involved in the big Manching gold theft – except for one. The court does not suffice the evidence against him. Why?
Some of the 483 gold coins stolen in 2022 were not found; the four suspects were sentenced to prison terms ranging from 4 years and 9 months to 11 years.
The district court in Ingolstadt has sentenced four men from eastern Germany, who were accused of stealing Celtic gold coins from the Celtic and Roman Museum in Manching, to prison terms ranging from four years and nine months to eleven years. The verdict is not yet final.
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