Where the 45 bottles of wine worth 1 million 648 thousand 500 Euros stolen from the winery end up atrium restaurant It may be closer to meeting early in the morning of October 27, 2022. At least a giant leap forward has been taken after Court No. 4, which hears the most publicized case in Cáceres history, yesterday ordered an oral hearing in the procedure followed against the two defendants. The robbery at the Ralais & Chateaux restaurant that realizes there are signs of a crime.
Judge, Aida Maria de la Cruz de la Torre, also approved the injunction of two persons accused of forced theft from a public establishment, as the circumstances determining the injunction had not changed at the time. After the defense file has been submitted, the criminal case will be sent to the Cáceres State Court, with which the investigation phase will be terminated.
the defendants, Constantine Dumitru, 48 years old and Priscilla Lara GuevaraThe 29-year-olds, both detained in Croatia, are charged with stealing a total of 45 two-Michelin-starred bottles worth 1.6m euros from the cellar of the Atrio de Cáceres restaurant, with another added in 2022. not yet recovered.
Of the 45 bottles stolen, 38 were Romanée Conti, which averaged 12,000 euros on the restaurant’s menu in Cáceres; A Montrachet Grand Cru 1999 Magnum worth 25,500 euros and the Atrio “most damaging” to the managers of Toño Pérez and José Polo 1806 Chateau d’Yquem, It’s worth 310,000 euros.
For his part, in his statements to this newspaper, Silvia Cordoba, the defendants’ lawyer, explained yesterday afternoon that his office is “waiting to have access to the entire telematics file so that we can prepare our defense file well and present it as soon as possible so that the court can refer the entire procedure.” to the State Court. There, they distribute it to the room he touched, give an order denying the evidence and a trial date. Córdoba will accept his defendants as innocent and demand acquittal.
Prosecutor’s request
The prosecution demanded four and a half years in prison and $1.6 million for the defendants, as stated in the public ministry’s indictment last November.. The letter states that “the couple, by mutual agreement and for profit, stayed at the hotel on October 26 to enter the winery and obtain high-value wines, including a bottle of Chateau d’Yquem.” It’s worth 350,000 euros.
So, after dinner at the restaurant, Constantin and Priscila took a guided tour of the winery and went up to their room at around 12:20. Two hours later, at 2:10 am and on October 27, the defendant called reception to ask for a salad and how long it would take to be served. The employee told him he was alone and it would take 10 minutes to bring the salad.
In this way, the defendant went to the reception and took advantage of this moment to get the electronic key “he went to the pantry”, but could not open it because it was not the right key. So the defendant called the reception again to order a dessert, and then, in the meantime, the defendant went downstairs to get the master key. With that, he opened the winery, entered the tasting room, and seized 45 bottles. The couple left the hotel at 06:00 in the morning.
For this millionaire heist, the alleged thieves were not arrested at the Croatian border post until July 2022. Karasovici SutorinaComing from Montenegro, thanks to the investigation and coordination work carried out by the National Police in cooperation with Europol and Interpol agents and the Croatian Border Police. Investigators concluded that for the robbery that may have been committed, the woman signed up with a fake passport to sleep at the restaurant’s hotel and have dinner with someone else that night.
Robbery investigation points to Russia or rather Russian citizens. Thief Constantin Gabriel Dimitru and his partner may have sold most of the loot to a group of Russian citizens. OPEN STATUSA research and events channel of Prensa Ibérica.