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The then fiancée of one of those convicted of the theft of jewels from the Green Vault in Dresden had suspicions when the first suspects were arrested.
In a phone call with her aunt, she suspected that six perpetrators were involved, including possibly her boyfriend's little brother.
This came to light on Wednesday in the trial against the 24-year-old at the Dresden district court for aiding and abetting the coup, when recordings of tapped conversations were played there.
Dresden - In separate video interviews, the women who were in the Mannheim regional court denied knowing about the break-in.
They were shocked when three of the suspects were arrested in Berlin in November 2020.
The 24-year-old has been on trial since January 5th for aiding and abetting theft with weapons, property damage and arson.
He is said to have been involved in the planning of the coup and its preparations.
According to the prosecution, his job on the night of the crime was to drive his brother and two other main perpetrators to the agreed meeting point in Berlin.
However, after a police check, he is said to have continued alone in order to distract the officers who were observing him.
The break-in at Saxony's Treasury Museum on November 25, 2019 is considered one of the most spectacular art thefts in Germany.
The perpetrators stole 21 pieces of diamond and brilliant jewelry and also caused more than one million euros in damage.
Some of the loot is still missing.
Five men were sentenced to prison sentences of several years in May 2023.
They appealed and one of the verdicts is final - one defendant was acquitted.
dpa