Will justice come to this guy? or has this just been forgotten?
Not forgotten. Things move... slowly. Italian police...
Well I hope they catch him and then the coins are returned
Slowly but surely
It is my assumption that the coins are at least in part long gone. Don't you remember dooglus coming on this thread and strongly hinting that a large deposit/loss was tied to the labcoin address?
edit... spelling and link
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=263445.msg3357150#msg3357150