Process for Celtic gold treasure: Reviews required for thieves gang!

Process for Celtic gold treasure: Reviews required for thieves gang!

In an exciting process that concerns the minds, four men from Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania and Berlin are in court after they were charged with the theft of the Celtic Gold Treasure from the Celts-Römer Museum in Manching. As [ndr.de] (https://www.ndr.de/nachrichten/mecklenburg-vorpommern/keltengold- process-fuer-flepruer-plague-aust-mv-mv-Knenschatz-100.html), the defenders call for two of the accused, since they do not believe that the public prosecutor does not provide any resilient evidence could.

The accused, all between 43 and 52 years old, are said to have stolen over 3.7 kilograms of gold, including 483 gold coins, and a larger cast cake during a break -in. These coins, often referred to as a shell statter, date from around 100 BC. BC and were shaped in the Boier area. In the break-in, the museum's alarm system was also deactivated, which was possible by an internet and telephone failure at 00:31 when the perpetrators cut fiber optic cables. According to [sueddeutsche.de] (https://www.sueddeutsche.de/bayern/goldschatz-kelsenschatz-dihlt-luch-kelten-Roemer-Museum-Musching- and-wertwert-lux.6zkuslc38efewmghak7b4v), everything happened in less than nine minutes.

The Celtic gold treasure

What makes the Celtic gold treasure of Manching so special? Discovered in 1999, he is considered the greatest gold find of Celtic origin in the 20th century. The treasure consists of 483 gold coins, a 217 gram cast cake and three Bronzingen, which probably served to store the gold and weigh the approximately 3.724 kilograms of gold. These valuable pieces were stolen from the museum in 2022, apart from an overlooked coin. The material value of the gold treasure is around 250,000 euros, while the trading value is estimated at around 1.7 million euros, as wikipedia.org.

burglary and arrests

The investigation that runs under the name "Oppidum" led to the arrest of the four accused in July 2023, at the time they were already in custody. The investigators discovered gold lumps on a property in Plate, which could be assigned to one of the defendants. But despite this finds, the majority of the prey continues to disappear. A 44-year-old Schwerin, one of the accused, is wrongly accused of and requesting acquittal and compensation.

The process has been going on for half a year and the plea of the other two accused's lawyers is expected until Thursday. The public prosecutor demands eight years in prison for a 45-year-old man from Berlin, while for ten years for the Schwerin. The judgment is to be announced on July 29. In this matter, the tension remains up to the last minute.