Antonello da Messina heist custodian probed for making false statements to prosecutors

(ANSA) - ROME, AUG 25 - One of the custodians who have been transferred over the recent heist of precious Antonello da Messina works from a museum in his Sicilian home town has been placed under investigation for making false statements to prosecutors, Rome newspaper la Repubblica said Tuesday. Along with three other colleagues who were on duty the night of the theft, he had been summoned to the courthouse in recent days to be questioned by magistrates as a witness, but at a certain point his...

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