Three men sentenced for theft at Holocaust memorial site

Three men have been handed jail sentences after stealing hundreds of memorial plaques from the Terezín Holocaust memorial site. The men then sold the metal plaques at a scrap-yard close by for around 50,000 crowns (nearly 2,900 USD). The thieves caused over one million crowns worth of damage to the memorial, which is now guarded by CCTV. On Monday, a court in Litoměřice handed Libor Mirga, Miroslav Daňo and Petr Hricko sentences ranging between 3.5 and 4.5 years. This high-profile theft brought about changes in Czech legislation when it came to light last year. Scrap-yards are no longer allowed to purchase metal objects that look like they may have come from a religious or a public site; they must also register everything that they do buy.