On September 14th, three men attacked a jewelry store in Celle (Lower Saxony).
Two were shot.
The third man will be on trial from Tuesday.
Eight months after the attack with two dead on a jewelry and antique shop in Celle *, the trial against a 38-year-old in the Lüneburg district court begins.
From Tuesday on, the 11th major criminal chamber will be negotiating for jointly committed attempted grave robbery.
The public prosecutor's office accuses the defendant of having arranged to meet his brother and another person involved.
He is said to have set off with his brother on September 14th from Waltrop in the Ruhr area, picked up the third one en route and dropped them both off in Celle.
The brother pushed the third person in a wheelchair.
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In September there was a robbery on a jewelry and antique shop in Celle.
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The defendant is said to have parked the getaway vehicle and kept in contact.
The other two are said to have entered the shop with handcuffs, a gun, a hand ax and a knife.
There the man jumped out of the wheelchair over the counter and lunged at the jeweler’s wife in order to choke her and handcuff her.
The jeweler then entered the sales room and was threatened with a firearm by the brother.
The jeweler then shot both perpetrators with a gun.
The brother died on the scene, the other person involved later succumbed to his injuries.
When the perpetrators did not return to the car, the defendant is said to have fled alone.
The police arrested him in North Rhine-Westphalia in November.
According to a court spokeswoman, only the indictment is read out at the start of the trial.
Eight days of negotiation are scheduled for the process.
Jeweler robbery in Celle: proceedings for manslaughter suspended
The manslaughter case against the shopkeeper had been dropped.
The public prosecutor's office in Lüneburg assumed that the senior had acted in self-defense.
He and his 72-year-old wife were shocked in the attack.
Time and again, jewelers are the target of armed robbery, and in some cases owners or employees have been injured or killed.
It is not unusual for the owners to have a weapon * themselves for protection.
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