Members of an international battering gang are currently on trial in Vienna. And in Graz, two Romanians were due to answer on Tuesday for a brazen break-in at a downtown jewelry store, in which their own car was their downfall.
In early March, Graz was the scene of a spectacular burglary. Violent criminals drove a car into the display case of the Dorotheum auction house in the city center. However, it took three loud attempts to get in. Because the car was ten centimeters too big. If the perpetrators had had a smaller vehicle, they would have gotten through the display case in one go. But on the wall to the right and left of the display case, they failed twice. If it had worked immediately as planned, they would probably have been out of the woods before the police.
Battering ram car with broken axle
In the shop, the masked burglars stole jewelry worth almost 300,000 euros and fled in their badly damaged Alfa Romeo towards the highway. However, because ramming the display took so much time and the vehicle with a broken axle was not going very fast, the police were able to arrest the perpetrators in the Münzgrabenstrasse, not far from the crime scene. The sports bag full of jewelry was still in the car.
Members of a notorious clan
The two suspects are said to be members of an international gang that has robbed jewelers in England, Denmark and Germany. The two Romanians (41 and 48 years old) belong to a notorious clan that does not shy away from murder.
Partial prison sentence
However, this membership could not be proven beyond a reasonable doubt, and so they were only charged with theft with aggravated burglary on Tuesday. The court sentenced both to eighteen months in prison, of which six months unconditional. The verdict is not yet final and the public prosecutor has immediately filed a criminal appeal.
Source: Krone
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