Glacier mummy dispute resolved
2008-09-27 09:49
Nuremberg - A legal dispute with Italy over a mummified Stone Age hunter found 17 years ago in an Alpine glacier has been resolved, a German lawyer said on Thursday in Nuremberg.
Georg J Rudolph, representing the estate of the late Helmut Simon, said his settlement with the Italian region of South Tyrol would avert a trial before the court of cassation in Rome.
Rudolph had demanded €150 000 from the province of South Tyrol, also known as Bolzano Alto Adige, as a finder's fee for Simon, the tourist who found the body.
The lawyer said a "six-figure" sum would be handed over to Simon's widow in public by the provincial premier, Alois Durnwalder, at the end of next month in settlement of the long-running dispute.
The frozen, dried-out body, dubbed Oetzi in the German-speaking world, has been closely studied by scientists and has yielded up valuable information about the lives of Stone Age people. - Sapa-dpa
- DPA