Within the first court docket session since then, presiding Decide Andreas Ziegel mentioned that 4 of the six defendants have agreed to the proposed cope with prosecutors and the Dresden state court docket and plan to make statements when the trial resumes on Jan. 17, German information company dpa reported. A fifth defendant needs to decide earlier than then. The sixth denies involvement, pointing to an alibi.

Ziegel mentioned the initiative handy again jewellery that’s nonetheless handy got here from the oldest of the defendants, a 29-year-old. Nonetheless, elements of the haul have been lacking and a number of other items incomplete or broken.

The court docket will need to see “credible” confessions through which the defendants give concrete particulars of the planning and execution of the heist and their very own contributions, the choose mentioned. The deal may result in decreased sentences and presumably their conditional launch.

The six males went on trial in January, accused of gang theft and arson over the Nov. 25, 2019 heist. The German nationals have been accused of stealing jewellery with a complete insured worth of at the least 113.8 million euros ($122 million).

Officers mentioned on the time that the objects taken included a big diamond brooch and a diamond epaulette. The treasury of Augustus the Robust of Saxony was established in 1723 and accommodates round 4,000 objects of gold, valuable stones and different supplies on show in Dresden’s Royal Palace.

Prosecutors have mentioned that the suspects lit a fireplace simply earlier than the break-in to chop the facility provide for road lights outdoors the museum, and in addition set fireplace to a automobile in a close-by storage earlier than fleeing to Berlin.