Court dismisses a lawsuit against security company after jewelry theft!

Court dismisses a lawsuit against security company after jewelry theft!

Grünes Gewölbe, Dresden, Deutschland - The District Court of Dresden has rejected the Million Agency of the Free State of Saxony against the security company DWSI. The Free State claimed 15.3 million euros in damages after a spectacular slump in the historic Green vault jewels worth around 116.8 million euros in a spectacular slump. The presiding judge Ralf Högner justified the judgment by the fact that the damage could not have been prevented even if the guard company was contractual, such as T-Online reported.

During the court proceedings, failures of the security company were found, such as a switched -off facade scanner and an unadorned alarm button. Nevertheless, the court found that the break -in could not have been prevented with a functional alarm, since the perpetrators could still flee with a lead of up to one minute, even if the alarm button had been pressed, the mdr .

background of the burglary

The slump in the green vault is one of the most spectacular art thefts in Germany. Five perpetrators who are assigned to the Berlin Remmo clan were sentenced by the district court for several years. One of the most valuable prey, the Epaulette with the Saxon White Diamonds, has still disappeared. Nevertheless, the DWSI did not lose the museum's guard and again received the order from the Free State in 2023, whereby the security company was not present when the judgment was not present and received the judgment electronically, as Tagesspiegel Notes.

The Free State of Saxony originally claimed more than 89 million euros in damages in order to cover damage to showcases and the museum building, among other things. The process, which was submitted in December 2022, is now burdening the state treasury with around 500,000 euros in process costs, since Saxony has to bear the costs for the submitted lawsuit. Therefore, the Free State is now examining a possible appeal against the judgment.

therefore remains to be seen how the legal dispute will develop and whether Saxony will actually act against the judgment. It is considered certain that the break -in and the subsequent lawsuit against the DWSI will remain in the public interest in terms of the security standards when guarding cultural treasures.