Murder accused ‘thought family was hoarding Nazi gold’

Hubert Caouissin's lawyer says his client did not intend to kill four members of Troadec family

A man will go on trial today accused of murdering a family of four and dismembering their bodies after he became convinced they were hoarding gold hidden from the Nazis in a basement in western France.

Hubert Caouissin was obsessed that he and his wife were being cheated out of their share of what he believed to be the treasure and was spying on his brother-in-law, Pascal Troadec, in the hope of tracing it.