Justice - Start of trial: Ten kilograms of jewelry stolen
Four men have to answer for a large-scale jewelry heist at the Frankfurt District Court since Monday. The accused are suspected of having made off with loot worth half a million Euros in November of the previous year. To gain entry, they allegedly created a wall breach in a jewelry store in the Frankfurt Bahnhofsviertel using a drilling hammer, chisel, and crowbar.
Three of the men confessed their involvement at the start of the trial on Monday and expressed remorse through their lawyers. The fourth accused, who is said to have provided the lookout, denied the charges brought by the prosecution.
The prosecution stated during the indictment reading that the men had planned the crime in great detail. The hole in the wall was created in hours of labor and located in such a way that it was not visible through the shop window. One of the men allegedly crawled through the hole and managed to take a total of ten kilograms of jewelry from the store.
Civil investigators managed to apprehend the men, aged between 35 and 51, over the same weekend. Three of the men have been in pretrial detention since then, while the fourth was temporarily released on bail.
According to police reports, a suspicious vehicle with suspicious individuals had been observed earlier. Surveillance footage confirmed the suspicion. The suspects were stopped in two cars, in which investigators discovered suspected burglary tools and numerous jewelry pieces. In an apartment, potential burglary equipment was secured.
- The jewelry store in Frankfurt Bahnhofsviertel became a focal point of the Frankfurt Regional Court processes due to a large-scale jewelry heist.
- During the trial, the defense lawyers of the three confessed men explained their clients' remorse for the crime that involved using a hammer drill to create a wall breach.
- The Frankfurt Regional Court in Hesse will continue to seek justice for the half a million Euros worth of jewelry stolen from the jewelry store in Frankfurt am Main.
- The accused who denied involvement in the crime claimed that he only acted as a lookout, not taking part in the theft with a hammer drill or any other burglary tools.
- The start of the trial marked an important stage in the criminal proceedings, where the prosecution presented evidence, including the hammer drill used to commit the crime, to prove the men's guilt.
