More than 100 items, including journals, sheet music, and two of his typical nickel goggles, had been stolen from John Lennon's estate twelve years ago. In the summer of 2017, they suddenly appeared in Berlin. Behind it is a 59-year-old stuck. The prosecutor's office in Berlin has now charged the man with stealing goods.
In addition, he is accused of community fraud, as the prosecution announced on Twitter. The man is said to have given in October 2014, the diaries and other personal belongings from Lennon's estate to a Berlin auction house for an advance of 785,150 euros for auction.
The stolen goods had been stolen in the summer of 2006 from the home of Lennon's widow Yoko Ono in New York. In September of this year, the seized diaries, letters, postcards, a exercise book, drawings, an illustration, a tape with recordings of a concert by the Beatles and two glasses of the star (1940-1980) were returned to a lawyer of the widow.
Personal belongings of a Beatles
More than 100 items-including diaries, sheet music, and two of his typical nickel goggles-were stolen twelve years ago from John Lennon's estate. In the summer of 2017, they suddenly appeared in Berlin. Because of theft, a 59-year-old has now been charged. In late November 2017, the police informed about the objects.
Three Lennon's diaries were presented at the press conference. On the day of his death he had written an entry.
Two Lennon goggles were also stolen and reappeared.
This cigarette case also belonged to the Beatles musician.
In a notebook, Lennon's handwritten notes are on the songs "Woman" and "Just like starting over".
"Woman" was a solo single by John Lennon in 1980.
An original recording of a Beatles concert on 30 August 1965 can also be found among the objects.
Publishing documents are among the more than 100 items.
This statue received Lennon for winning the "Ivor Novello Awards". The music prize has been awarded since 1956 in London.
According to the police, the items were allegedly stolen by former chauffeur Yoko Onos from their New York apartment. In the summer of 2017, they were secured by the bankruptcy trustee of the auction house. He had informed the police about 86 items that were on the premises and assigned to John Lennon.
The police determined, informed the prosecutor and interviewed witnesses. First, you wanted to make sure that the items were real, said the vice-director of the Berlin prosecutor, Michael von Hagen. Even the thickness of the lenses stated on the recipe had been compared to Lennon's values. "And we needed to know: are they possibly things the widow gave away?"
Investigators contacted Yoko Ono's lawyer and flew to New York in the fall with some of the stolen goods and many photos. At the German Consulate General they met Ono. Attorney Susann Wettley said then: "She was very touched, and it has become clear that she depends on these items and of course she wants to have back."