UK: Two jailed over gold toilet theft from Blenheim Palace – DW – 06/14/2025
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Two men have received jail sentences for their roles in the 2019 theft of an 18-karat gold toilet from the mansion. The €5.5 million artwork, which satirized consumerism, was once offered on loan to Donald Trump.

Two men have received jail sentences for their roles in the 2019 theft of an 18-karat gold toilet from the mansion. The €5.5 million artwork, which satirized consumerism, was once offered on loan to Donald Trump.

  • mvmike@lemmy.mlEnglish
    471·
    2 days ago

    Michael Jones, 39, received a 27-month sentence, with the judge saying he could not be sure he was part of the gang that carried out the burglary, though he was found guilty of having carried out reconnaissance at the stately home preceding the crime.

    That reconnaissance included trying out the facility a day before the theft, an experience he described to the court as “splendid.”

    😂😂

    • blackn1ght@feddit.ukEnglish
      17·
      2 days ago

      So the jury found him guilty but it doesn’t sound like the judge is convinced of his guilt, or at least it sounds like theres little viable evidence that he’s associated with the robbers. What other reconnaissance could he have done that would make him guilty? How is using a toilet for it’s intended purpose reconnaissance? So many questions!