Overview

• A 40-year-old man was sentenced to eight and a half years in prison for the April 2022 break-in at Garrn’s apartment in Berlin.
• Landgericht Berlin based its verdict on a DNA trace recovered at the scene.
• Garrn testified that the thief stole watches and jewelry, including pieces belonging to her late grandmother, forcing her and her daughter into weeks of hotel stays.
• Judges found him guilty of two further apartment burglaries in Berlin-Charlottenburg in June 2022.
• The court ordered the confiscation of €681,000 in criminal proceeds and noted that the judgment is not yet legally binding.