Defendant Bashir R. is led by a judicial officer into the courtroom of the Higher Regional Court prior to a hearing in the trial over a November 2019 jewellery heist on the Green Vault (Gruenes Gewoelbe) museum in Dresden's Royal Palace, in Dresden, Germany, March 20, 2023. Jens Schlueter/Pool via REUTERS 

Defendant Ahmed R. is led in handcuffs by a judicial officer into the courtroom of the Higher Regional Court prior to a hearing in the trial over a November 2019 jewellery heist on the Green Vault (Gruenes Gewoelbe) museum in Dresden's Royal Palace, in Dresden, Germany, March 20, 2023. Jens Schlueter/Pool via REUTERS 

Defendant Mohamed R. is led in handcuffs by judicial officers into the courtroom of the Higher Regional Court prior to a hearing in the trial over a November 2019 jewellery heist on the Green Vault (Gruenes Gewoelbe) museum in Dresden's Royal Palace, in Dresden, Germany, March 20, 2023. Jens Schlueter/Pool via REUTERS IMAGE PIXELLATED AT SOURCE. GERMAN COURT REQUESTS THAT THE FACE OF THE DEFENDANT MUST BE MADE UNRECOGNISABLE REFILE - CORRECTING NAME 

Defendant Mohamed R. is led in handcuffs by judicial officers into the courtroom of the Higher Regional Court prior to a hearing in the trial over a November 2019 jewellery heist on the Green Vault (Gruenes Gewoelbe) museum in Dresden's Royal Palace, in Dresden, Germany, March 20, 2023. Jens Schlueter/Pool via REUTERS IMAGE PIXELLATED AT SOURCE. GERMAN COURT REQUESTS THAT THE FACE OF THE DEFENDANT MUST BE MADE UNRECOGNISABLE REFILE - CORRECTING NAME 

Defendant Abdul Majed R. is led in handcuffs by judicial officers into the courtroom of the Higher Regional Court prior to a hearing in the trial over a November 2019 jewellery heist on the Green Vault (Gruenes Gewoelbe) museum in Dresden's Royal Palace, in Dresden, Germany, March 20, 2023. Jens Schlueter/Pool via REUTERS 

Defendant Abdul Majed R. is led in handcuffs by judicial officers into the courtroom of the Higher Regional Court prior to a hearing in the trial over a November 2019 jewellery heist on the Green Vault (Gruenes Gewoelbe) museum in Dresden's Royal Palace, in Dresden, Germany, March 20, 2023. Jens Schlueter/Pool via REUTERS 

Defendant Rabieh R. is led in handcuffs by judicial officers into the courtroom of the Higher Regional Court prior to a hearing in the trial over a November 2019 jewellery heist on the Green Vault (Gruenes Gewoelbe) museum in Dresden's Royal Palace, in Dresden, Germany, March 20, 2023. Jens Schlueter/Pool via REUTERS 

Defendant Rabieh R. is led in handcuffs by judicial officers into the courtroom of the Higher Regional Court prior to a hearing in the trial over a November 2019 jewellery heist on the Green Vault (Gruenes Gewoelbe) museum in Dresden's Royal Palace, in Dresden, Germany, March 20, 2023. Jens Schlueter/Pool via REUTERS 

Defendant Abdul Majed R. is led in handcuffs by judicial officers into the courtroom of the Higher Regional Court prior to a hearing in the trial over a November 2019 jewellery heist on the Green Vault (Gruenes Gewoelbe) museum in Dresden's Royal Palace, in Dresden, Germany, March 20, 2023. Jens Schlueter/Pool via REUTERS 

Defendant Wissam R. is led in handcuffs by judicial officers into the courtroom of the Higher Regional Court prior to a hearing in the trial over a November 2019 jewellery heist on the Green Vault (Gruenes Gewoelbe) museum in Dresden's Royal Palace, in Dresden, Germany, March 20, 2023. Jens Schlueter/Pool via REUTERS 

Defendant Wissam R. is led in handcuffs by judicial officers into the courtroom of the Higher Regional Court prior to a hearing in the trial over a November 2019 jewellery heist on the Green Vault (Gruenes Gewoelbe) museum in Dresden's Royal Palace, in Dresden, Germany, March 20, 2023. Jens Schlueter/Pool via REUTERS 

Judicial officers, lawyers and defendants wait in the courtroom, as the trial over a jewellery heist on the Green Vault museum in Dresden's Royal Palace continues in Dresden, Germany, February 3, 2023. REUTERS/Matthias Rietschel/Pool ATTENTION EDITORS - PARTS OF THE?IMAGE?HAVE BEEN PIXELATED BY REUTERS. GERMAN COURT REQUESTS THAT THE FACE OF THE DEFENDANT MUST BE MADE UNRECOGNISABLE. 

Judicial officers bring defendant Bashir R. into the courtroom as the trial over a jewellery heist on the Green Vault museum in Dresden's Royal Palace continues in Dresden, Germany, February 3, 2023. REUTERS/Matthias Rietschel/Pool ATTENTION EDITORS - PARTS OF THE?IMAGE?HAVE BEEN PIXELATED BY REUTERS. GERMAN COURT REQUESTS THAT THE FACE OF THE DEFENDANT MUST BE MADE UNRECOGNISABLE. 

A judicial officer brings defendant Mohamed R. into the courtroom as the trial over a jewellery heist on the Green Vault museum in Dresden's Royal Palace continues in Dresden, Germany, February 3, 2023. REUTERS/Matthias Rietschel/Pool ATTENTION EDITORS - PARTS OF THE?IMAGE?HAVE BEEN PIXELATED BY REUTERS. GERMAN COURT REQUESTS THAT THE FACE OF THE DEFENDANT MUST BE MADE UNRECOGNISABLE. 

A judicial officer brings defendant Abdul Majed R. into the courtroom as the trial over a jewellery heist on the Green Vault museum in Dresden's Royal Palace continues in Dresden, Germany, February 3, 2023. REUTERS/Matthias Rietschel/Pool ATTENTION EDITORS - PARTS OF THE?IMAGE?HAVE BEEN PIXELATED BY REUTERS. GERMAN COURT REQUESTS THAT THE FACE OF THE DEFENDANT MUST BE MADE UNRECOGNISABLE. 

Judicial officers and defendants wait in the courtroom, as the trial over a jewellery heist on the Green Vault museum in Dresden's Royal Palace continues, in Dresden, Germany, February 3, 2023. REUTERS/Matthias Rietschel/Pool 

Judicial officers bring a defendant into the courtroom as the trial over a jewellery heist on the Green Vault museum in Dresden's Royal Palace continues in Dresden, Germany, February 3, 2023. REUTERS/Matthias Rietschel/Pool 

Judicial officers stand near defendants Ahmed R., seated next to a lawyer, and Wissam R. in the courtroom as the trial over a jewellery heist on the Green Vault museum in Dresden's Royal Palace continues in Dresden, Germany, February 3, 2023. REUTERS/Matthias Rietschel/Pool 

Judicial officers stand next to defendant Wissam R. in the courtroom as the trial over a jewellery heist on the Green Vault museum in Dresden's Royal Palace continues in Dresden, Germany, February 3, 2023. REUTERS/Matthias Rietschel/Pool 

Judicial officers bring defendant Wissam R. into the courtroom as the trial over a jewellery heist on the Green Vault museum in Dresden's Royal Palace continues in Dresden, Germany, February 3, 2023. REUTERS/Matthias Rietschel/Pool 

Judicial officers bring a defendant into the courtroom as the trial over a jewellery heist on the Green Vault museum in Dresden's Royal Palace continues in Dresden, Germany, February 3, 2023. REUTERS/Matthias Rietschel/Pool 

A judicial officer brings defendant Ahmed R. into the courtroom as the trial over a jewellery heist on the Green Vault museum in Dresden's Royal Palace continues in Dresden, Germany, February 3, 2023. REUTERS/Matthias Rietschel/Pool 

A judicial officer brings defendant Rabieh R. into the courtroom as the trial over a jewellery heist on the Green Vault museum in Dresden's Royal Palace continues in Dresden, Germany, February 3, 2023. REUTERS/Matthias Rietschel/Pool 

A defendant is led in handcuffs by judicial officers into the courtroom of the Higher Regional Court before a hearing in the trial over a jewellery heist on the Green Vault museum in Dresden's Royal Palace, in Dresden, Germany on January 27, 2023. Jens Schlueter/Pool via REUTERS 

A defendant is led in handcuffs by judicial officers into the courtroom of the Higher Regional Court before a hearing in the trial over a jewellery heist on the Green Vault museum in Dresden's Royal Palace, in Dresden, Germany on January 27, 2023. Jens Schlueter/Pool via REUTERS 

A defendant is led in handcuffs by judicial officers into the courtroom into the Higher Regional Court before a hearing in the trial over a jewellery heist on the Green Vault museum in Dresden's Royal Palace, in Dresden, Germany on January 27, 2023. Jens Schlueter/Pool via REUTERS 

A judicial officer stands by as defendants Rabieh R and Abdul Majed R sit in the courtroom of the Higher Regional Court prior to a hearing in the trial over a jewellery heist on the Green Vault museum in Dresden's Royal Palace, in Dresden, Germany on January 27, 2023. Jens Schlueter/Pool via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - PARTS OF THE IMAGE HAVE BEEN PIXELATED AT SOURCE. GERMAN COURT REQUESTS THAT THE FACE OF THE DEFENDANT MUST BE MADE UNRECOGNISABLE. 

A judicial officer stands by as defendants Rabieh R and Abdul Majed R sit in the courtroom of the Higher Regional Court prior to a hearing in the trial over a jewellery heist on the Green Vault museum in Dresden's Royal Palace, in Dresden, Germany on January 27, 2023. Jens Schlueter/Pool via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - PARTS OF THE IMAGE HAVE BEEN PIXELATED AT SOURCE. GERMAN COURT REQUESTS THAT THE FACE OF THE DEFENDANT MUST BE MADE UNRECOGNISABLE. 

Defendant Bashir R is led in handcuffs by a judicial officer into the courtroom of the Higher Regional Court prior to a hearing in the trial over a jewellery heist on the Green Vault museum in Dresden's Royal Palace, in Dresden, Germany on January 27, 2023. Jens Schlueter/Pool via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - PARTS OF THE IMAGE HAVE BEEN PIXELATED AT SOURCE. GERMAN COURT REQUESTS THAT THE FACE OF THE DEFENDANT MUST BE MADE UNRECOGNISABLE. 

Defendant Rabieh R is led in handcuffs by a judicial officer into the courtroom of the Higher Regional Court prior to a hearing in the trial over a jewellery heist on the Green Vault museum in Dresden's Royal Palace, in Dresden, Germany on January 27, 2023. Jens Schlueter/Pool via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - PARTS OF THE IMAGE HAVE BEEN PIXELATED AT SOURCE. GERMAN COURT REQUESTS THAT THE FACE OF THE DEFENDANT MUST BE MADE UNRECOGNISABLE. 

Defendant Mohamed R is led in handcuffs by a judicial officer into the courtroom of the Higher Regional Court prior to a hearing in the trial over a jewellery heist on the Green Vault museum in Dresden's Royal Palace, in Dresden, Germany on January 27, 2023. Jens Schlueter/Pool via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - PARTS OF THE IMAGE HAVE BEEN PIXELATED AT SOURCE. GERMAN COURT REQUESTS THAT THE FACE OF THE DEFENDANT MUST BE MADE UNRECOGNISABLE. 

Defendant Abdul Majed R stands next to his lawyer as he is led by judicial officers into the courtroom of the Higher Regional Court prior to a hearing in the trial over a jewellery heist on the Green Vault museum in Dresden's Royal Palace, in Dresden, Germany on January 27, 2023. Jens Schlueter/Pool via REUTERS 

Defendant Ahmed R covers his face with a book as he is led in handcuffs by judicial officers into the courtroom of the Higher Regional Court prior to a hearing in the trial over a jewellery heist on the Green Vault museum in Dresden's Royal Palace, in Dresden, Germany on January 27, 2023. Jens Schlueter/Pool via REUTERS 

Defendant Wissam R is led in handcuffs by judicial officers into the courtroom of the Higher Regional Court prior to a hearing in the trial over a jewellery heist on the Green Vault museum in Dresden's Royal Palace, in Dresden, Germany on January 27, 2023. Jens Schlueter/Pool via REUTERS 

Defendant Wissam R is led in handcuffs by judicial officers into the courtroom of the Higher Regional Court prior to a hearing in the trial over a jewellery heist on the Green Vault museum in Dresden's Royal Palace, in Dresden, Germany on January 27, 2023. Jens Schlueter/Pool via REUTERS 

Nazi hunter Thomas Will, head of Germany’s main agency responsible for the investigation of war crimes during Nazi rule poses for a photo with the files of Holocaust perpetrator Adolf Eichmann, who was hanged following his trial in Israel in 1962, at the Central Office of State Judicial Authorities for the Investigation of National Socialist Crimes in Ludwigsburg, Germany, January 25, 2023. REUTERS/Timm Reichert 

Nazi hunter Thomas Will, head of Germany’s main agency responsible for the investigation of war crimes during Nazi rule poses for a photo with the files of Holocaust perpetrator Adolf Eichmann, who was hanged following his trial in Israel in 1962, at the Central Office of State Judicial Authorities for the Investigation of National Socialist Crimes in Ludwigsburg, Germany, January 25, 2023. REUTERS/Timm Reichert 

Defendant Ahmed R (2ndL) is led in handcuffs by a judicial officer into the courtroom of the Higher Regional Court during the trial over a jewellery heist in the Green Vault museum in Dresden's Royal Palace, in Dresden, Germany January 10, 2023. Jens Schlueter/Pool via REUTERS 

Defendant Abdul Majed R covers his face as he is led in handcuffs by judicial officers into the courtroom of the Higher Regional Court during the trial over a jewellery heist in the Green Vault museum in Dresden's Royal Palace, in Dresden, Germany January 10, 2023. Jens Schlueter/Pool via REUTERS REFILE - REMOVING ERRONEOUS POSITIONING 

Defendant Abdul Majed R (R) covers his face as he is led in handcuffs by judicial officers into the courtroom of the Higher Regional Court during the trial over a jewellery heist in the Green Vault museum in Dresden's Royal Palace, in Dresden, Germany January 10, 2023. Jens Schlueter/Pool via REUTERS 

Defendant Abdul Majed R (R) is led in handcuffs by judicial officers into the courtroom of the Higher Regional Court during the trial over a jewellery heist in the Green Vault museum in Dresden's Royal Palace, in Dresden, Germany January 10, 2023. Jens Schlueter/Pool via REUTERS 

Defendant Abdul Majed R (R) is led in handcuffs by judicial officers into the courtroom of the Higher Regional Court during the trial over a jewellery heist in the Green Vault museum in Dresden's Royal Palace, in Dresden, Germany January 10, 2023. Jens Schlueter/Pool via REUTERS 

Defendant Mohamed R (L) is led in handcuffs by judicial officers into the courtroom of the Higher Regional Court during the trial over a jewellery heist in the Green Vault museum in Dresden's Royal Palace, in Dresden, Germany January 10, 2023. Jens Schlueter/Pool via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - PARTS OF THE IMAGE HAVE BEEN PIXELATED AT SOURCE. GERMAN COURT REQUESTS THAT THE FACE OF THE DEFENDANT MUST BE MADE UNRECOGNISABLE. 

Defendant Mohamed R (L) is led in handcuffs by judicial officers into the courtroom of the Higher Regional Court during the trial over a jewellery heist in the Green Vault museum in Dresden's Royal Palace, in Dresden, Germany January 10, 2023. Jens Schlueter/Pool via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - PARTS OF THE IMAGE HAVE BEEN PIXELATED AT SOURCE. GERMAN COURT REQUESTS THAT THE FACE OF THE DEFENDANT MUST BE MADE UNRECOGNISABLE. 

Defendant Mohamed R (L) is led in handcuffs by judicial officers into the courtroom of the Higher Regional Court during the trial over a jewellery heist in the Green Vault museum in Dresden's Royal Palace, in Dresden, Germany January 10, 2023. Jens Schlueter/Pool via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - PARTS OF THE IMAGE HAVE BEEN PIXELATED AT SOURCE. GERMAN COURT REQUESTS THAT THE FACE OF THE DEFENDANT MUST BE MADE UNRECOGNISABLE. 

Defendant Mohamed R (L) is led in handcuffs by judicial officers into the courtroom of the Higher Regional Court during the trial over a jewellery heist in the Green Vault museum in Dresden's Royal Palace, in Dresden, Germany January 10, 2023. Jens Schlueter/Pool via REUTERS 

Detail of an MH17 lapel pin is seen after the Dutch court announced its ruling in the MH17 trial of three Russians and a Ukrainian in the Schiphol Judicial Complex, Badhoevedorp, Netherlands, November 17, 2022. REUTERS/Piroschka van de Wouw 

Detail of an MH-17 lapel pin is seen after the Dutch court announced its ruling in the MH17 trial of three Russians and a Ukrainian in the Schiphol Judicial Complex, Badhoevedorp, Netherlands, November 17, 2022. REUTERS/Piroschka van de Wouw 

Anton Kotte, relative of victims of the Malaysia Airlines flight MH-17 crash, shakes hands with Andy Kraag, head of the National Criminal Investigations Division, after the Dutch court announced its ruling in the MH17 trial of three Russians and a Ukrainian in the Schiphol Judicial Complex, Badhoevedorp, Netherlands, November 17, 2022. REUTERS/Piroschka van de Wouw 

Assistant Professor of (International) Criminal Law at UvA, Marieke de Hoon speaks to media after the Dutch court announced its ruling in the MH17 trial of three Russians and a Ukrainian in the Schiphol Judicial Complex, Badhoevedorp, Netherlands, November 17, 2022. REUTERS/Piroschka van de Wouw 

Meryn O'Brien from Australia, mother of Jack O'Brien, a victim of the Malaysia Airlines flight MH-17 crash, speaks to media after the Dutch court announced its ruling in the MH17 trial of three Russians and a Ukrainian in the Schiphol Judicial Complex, Badhoevedorp, Netherlands, November 17, 2022. REUTERS/Piroschka van de Wouw 

Assistant Commissioner of the Australian Federal Police (AFP) Peter Crozier speaks to media after the Dutch court announced its ruling in the MH17 trial of three Russians and a Ukrainian in the Schiphol Judicial Complex, Badhoevedorp, Netherlands, November 17, 2022. REUTERS/Piroschka van de Wouw 

Assistant Commissioner of the Australian Federal Police (AFP) Peter Crozier speaks to media after the Dutch court announced its ruling in the MH17 trial of three Russians and a Ukrainian in the Schiphol Judicial Complex, Badhoevedorp, Netherlands, November 17, 2022. REUTERS/Piroschka van de Wouw 

Tracey Withers and her son, relatives of a British victim of the Malaysia Airlines flight MH-17 crash, speak to media after the Dutch court announced its ruling in the MH17 trial of three Russians and a Ukrainian in the Schiphol Judicial Complex, Badhoevedorp, Netherlands, November 17, 2022. REUTERS/Piroschka van de Wouw 

Tracey Withers and her son, relatives of a British victim of the Malaysia Airlines flight MH-17 crash, speak to media after the Dutch court announced its ruling in the MH17 trial of three Russians and a Ukrainian in the Schiphol Judicial Complex, Badhoevedorp, Netherlands, November 17, 2022. REUTERS/Piroschka van de Wouw 

Ria van der Steen, relative of victims of the Malaysia Airlines flight MH-17 crash, reacts after the Dutch court announced its ruling in the MH17 trial of three Russians and a Ukrainian in the Schiphol Judicial Complex, Badhoevedorp, Netherlands, November 17, 2022. REUTERS/Piroschka van de Wouw 

Ria van der Steen, relative of victims of the Malaysia Airlines flight MH-17 crash, speaks to media after the Dutch court announced its ruling in the MH17 trial of three Russians and a Ukrainian in the Schiphol Judicial Complex, Badhoevedorp, Netherlands, November 17, 2022. REUTERS/Piroschka van de Wouw 

Public prosecutors Ward Ferdinandusse, Manon Ridderbeks, and Thijs Berger sit in the courtroom as the Dutch court announces its ruling in the MH17 trial of three Russians and a Ukrainian in the Schiphol Judicial Complex, Badhoevedorp, Netherlands, November 17, 2022. REUTERS/Piroschka van de Wouw 

Lawyers Sabine ten Doesschate and Boudewijn van Eijck sit in the courtroom as the Dutch court announces its ruling in the MH17 trial of three Russians and a Ukrainian in the Schiphol Judicial Complex, Badhoevedorp, Netherlands, November 17, 2022. REUTERS/Piroschka van de Wouw 

Lawyer Peter Langstraat looks on in the courtroom as the Dutch court announces its ruling in the MH17 trial of three Russians and a Ukrainian in the Schiphol Judicial Complex, Badhoevedorp, Netherlands, November 17, 2022. REUTERS/Piroschka van de Wouw