Two British teenagers, fined in June on charges of stealing artifacts from the Nazi death camp at Auschwitz, will now face trial for the same offense, AFP reports.
The two, back in England, had been given a one-year probation along with the fine after pleading guilty in June, then released by Polish authorities.
But they have since reversed their plea to not guilty, prompting the new charges, said Mariusz Slomka from the prosecutor's office in Oswiecim, the southern city where the Auschwitz camp is located.
If found guilty, they could face up to 10 years in prison for "stealing objects of historical value," said Slomka. He said the "charges were delivered Tuesday to the court in the city of Krakow", in southern Poland.