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BERLIN: For stealing a 250-year-old violin from a Berlin music academy last March, a man was sentenced to two and a half years in prison on Thursday.
But the irreplaceable instrument remains missing. The violin, made by Nicolo Gagliano in Naples in 1769, was worth more than 275,000 euros (297,000 dollars). The 41-year-old thief sold the instrument for about 200 euros to support his drug habit. The violin belongs to Germany and had been loaned to a student via a scholarship programme. The thief and his accomplice were looking for money in the Berlin Conservatory in the city centre after unsuccessfully trying to steal a bicycle.
The court found the German man guilty of theft and ordered him to pay 275,000 euros in compensation. (DPA)
But the irreplaceable instrument remains missing. The violin, made by Nicolo Gagliano in Naples in 1769, was worth more than 275,000 euros (297,000 dollars). The 41-year-old thief sold the instrument for about 200 euros to support his drug habit. The violin belongs to Germany and had been loaned to a student via a scholarship programme. The thief and his accomplice were looking for money in the Berlin Conservatory in the city centre after unsuccessfully trying to steal a bicycle.
The court found the German man guilty of theft and ordered him to pay 275,000 euros in compensation. (DPA)
