Vjeran Tomic, 49, who is facing 14 charges, will stand trial along with two accomplices charged with handling stolen goods. The three were charged over the May 2010 robbery at the Modern Art Museum of five paintings by Henri Matisse, Pablo Picasso, Georges Braque, Ferdinand Leger and Amedeo Modigliani. French police arrested Tomic after receiving an anonymous tip. Authorities said he was spotted by a homeless man as he roamed around the museum in the days leading to the theft. The most recent, in 2015, involved the theft of five paintings worth €25 million by renowned British artist Francis Bacon in Madrid.

Source: The Local January 30, 2017 09:45 UTC