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When German police discovered traces of DNA at the scene of a multimillion-euro jewellery heist' date=' they must have thought that they were closing in on their villain. The problem was, it led to not one but two suspects. After five fruitless weeks of searching for further evidence, investigators were yesterday forced to release identical twins Hassan and Abbas O. because they could not link the crucial DNA exclusively to one of the brothers.

 

It was almost two months ago, in the early hours of Sunday, January 25, that masked men lowered themselves into the grand main hall of Berlin’s luxurious Kaufhaus Des Westens department store. Somehow the intruders evaded motion detectors, and broke open numerous display cases at the boutique Christ before making off with around €5 million in jewellery and watches.

 

The heist, which was caught on video camera but only discovered on the Monday morning, made headlines around Germany because of its scale and audacity. Petra Fladenhofer, a spokeswoman for the famous old store, said: “There's no comparable crime in the store's history.” Detectives must have been delighted, therefore, when they discovered a glove at the scene on which they found clearly identifiable traces of DNA. On February 11, 27-year-old Hassan and Abbas O. were arrested, with police suspecting that at least one of the brothers took part in the theft, and it looked as though the high-profile case had been cracked within little more than a fortnight.

 

That assumption, however, reckoned without the duo’s virtually indistinguishable genes. German law stipulates that each suspect must be individually proven guilty of a crime, but the twins’ DNA is so similar that it cannot be differentiated using methods currently accepted in German courts. No further evidence against either man has come to light, and so yesterday, both men, whose family come originally from Lebanon, walked free. Both have refused to comment since their arrests, but the Berliner Morgenpost quoted a relative who said that the twins were “proud of and thank the German legal system”.

Axel Weimann, the lawyer representing Hassan O., told the Tagesspiegel newspaper that his client’s silence was not an indication of guilt: “Those who remain silent are not necessarily covering up their guilt, but rather simply making use of their constitutional rights," he said. He added that the glove with DNA evidence was not necessarily proof that either twin had been at the scene of the crime, as it could have been left there by someone else in order to frame the brothers.

 

To date, there has been no sign of further suspects, or the gang’s luxurious haul. [/quote']

 

LOL laws. They'll need to create new laws or the twins of all the world will become villains.

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When German police discovered traces of DNA at the scene of a multimillion-euro jewellery heist' date=' they must have thought that they were closing in on their villain. The problem was, it led to not one but two suspects. After five fruitless weeks of searching for further evidence, investigators were yesterday forced to release identical twins Hassan and Abbas O. because they could not link the crucial DNA exclusively to one of the brothers.

 

It was almost two months ago, in the early hours of Sunday, January 25, that masked men lowered themselves into the grand main hall of Berlin’s luxurious Kaufhaus Des Westens department store. Somehow the intruders evaded motion detectors, and broke open numerous display cases at the boutique Christ before making off with around €5 million in jewellery and watches.

 

The heist, which was caught on video camera but only discovered on the Monday morning, made headlines around Germany because of its scale and audacity. Petra Fladenhofer, a spokeswoman for the famous old store, said: “There's no comparable crime in the store's history.” Detectives must have been delighted, therefore, when they discovered a glove at the scene on which they found clearly identifiable traces of DNA. On February 11, 27-year-old Hassan and Abbas O. were arrested, with police suspecting that at least one of the brothers took part in the theft, and it looked as though the high-profile case had been cracked within little more than a fortnight.

 

That assumption, however, reckoned without the duo’s virtually indistinguishable genes. German law stipulates that each suspect must be individually proven guilty of a crime, but the twins’ DNA is so similar that it cannot be differentiated using methods currently accepted in German courts. No further evidence against either man has come to light, and so yesterday, both men, whose family come originally from Lebanon, walked free. Both have refused to comment since their arrests, but the Berliner Morgenpost quoted a relative who said that the twins were “proud of and thank the German legal system”.

Axel Weimann, the lawyer representing Hassan O., told the Tagesspiegel newspaper that his client’s silence was not an indication of guilt: “Those who remain silent are not necessarily covering up their guilt, but rather simply making use of their constitutional rights," he said. He added that the glove with DNA evidence was not necessarily proof that either twin had been at the scene of the crime, as it could have been left there by someone else in order to frame the brothers.

 

To date, there has been no sign of further suspects, or the gang’s luxurious haul. [/quote']

 

LOL laws. They'll need to create new laws or the twins of all the world will become villains.

 

This seems useful.

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When German police discovered traces of DNA at the scene of a multimillion-euro jewellery heist' date=' they must have thought that they were closing in on their villain. The problem was, it led to not one but two suspects. After five fruitless weeks of searching for further evidence, investigators were yesterday forced to release identical twins Hassan and Abbas O. because they could not link the crucial DNA exclusively to one of the brothers.

 

It was almost two months ago, in the early hours of Sunday, January 25, that masked men lowered themselves into the grand main hall of Berlin’s luxurious Kaufhaus Des Westens department store. Somehow the intruders evaded motion detectors, and broke open numerous display cases at the boutique Christ before making off with around €5 million in jewellery and watches.

 

The heist, which was caught on video camera but only discovered on the Monday morning, made headlines around Germany because of its scale and audacity. Petra Fladenhofer, a spokeswoman for the famous old store, said: “There's no comparable crime in the store's history.” Detectives must have been delighted, therefore, when they discovered a glove at the scene on which they found clearly identifiable traces of DNA. On February 11, 27-year-old Hassan and Abbas O. were arrested, with police suspecting that at least one of the brothers took part in the theft, and it looked as though the high-profile case had been cracked within little more than a fortnight.

 

That assumption, however, reckoned without the duo’s virtually indistinguishable genes. German law stipulates that each suspect must be individually proven guilty of a crime, but the twins’ DNA is so similar that it cannot be differentiated using methods currently accepted in German courts. No further evidence against either man has come to light, and so yesterday, both men, whose family come originally from Lebanon, walked free. Both have refused to comment since their arrests, but the Berliner Morgenpost quoted a relative who said that the twins were “proud of and thank the German legal system”.

Axel Weimann, the lawyer representing Hassan O., told the Tagesspiegel newspaper that his client’s silence was not an indication of guilt: [u']“Those who remain silent are not necessarily covering up their guilt, but rather simply making use of their constitutional rights,"[/u] Now this quote actually makes alot of sense. he said. He added that the glove with DNA evidence was not necessarily proof that either twin had been at the scene of the crime, as it could have been left there by someone else in order to frame the brothers. Seriously? The german police are that stupid? In the world's society, if you come up with "framing" as quick as that, then people would start thinking that you are just covering it up so you don't seem guilty.

 

To date, there has been no sign of further suspects, or the gang’s luxurious haul.

 

LOL laws. They'll need to create new laws or the twins of all the world will become villains.

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