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The Munich regional court sentenced the 21-year-old, who stole 735,500 euros from a Feldkirchen bank, to three years in prison on Thursday under juvenile criminal law © dpa
A 21-year-old stole 735,500 euros from the safe of a bank in Feldkirchen.
The Munich regional court has now sentenced him to three years in prison under juvenile criminal law.
Feldkirchen – The Munich regional court sentenced the 21-year-old, who stole 735,500 euros from a Feldkirchen bank, to three years in prison on Thursday under juvenile criminal law.
If he were in possession of the loot, every month in prison would be paid a good 20,000 euros.
During the course of the trial, the defendant admitted that he emptied the bank vault during his lunch break on July 29, 2022.
The then 19-year-old, who had started working at the bank six months earlier, took the key to the safe from a safe that he had a colleague open using his fingerprint.
He defended himself that it was not he who had the idea for the crime, but rather an acquaintance.
The acquaintance and his friends are in the rocker environment and are “crass guys like in the movies”.
He took part because he was afraid, wanted to belong and be respected.
It wasn't he who fled with the loot, but two men he didn't know who he let into the bank on the instructions of the acquaintance.
The acquaintance denied involvement in his witness statement.
It was not he, but the defendant who was the “authority figure”.
The public prosecutor was convinced that the acquaintance was “intellectually incapable” of planning the crime and that the defendant was the “initiator”.
The two defense attorneys saw it differently: their client, as a “nerd from the bank,” was the friend’s “lap dog.”
Where is the money?
The court was convinced that there was someone close to the defendant - but that he was not an acquaintance.
If the bank clerk had actually been put under pressure, he would have had to go to the police, the presiding judge explained the judgment, which was not yet legally binding.
In any case, he acted “not just as a necessary tool,” but also willingly contributed his insider knowledge.
Where the money is is just as unclear as the defendant's share of the loot.
Nevertheless, the criminal chamber ordered him to pay back the full amount.
The presiding judge left it open how the money would be collected.
However, the 21-year-old must expect that the bank's insurance company "will not leave him alone for the rest of his life," as one of his defense lawyers put it.
Further news from Feldkrichen and the Munich district can be found here.