Antiques dealer jailed over stolen Shakespeare folio
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A decade after it was stolen from Durham University, the Shakespeare folio appeared in the US in the hands of Raymond Scott (from Durham) who was trying to sell it to Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington DC.
The staff alerted the British Embassy because of the rarity of the item made them fell it could be stolen. The Shakespeare folio dates from 1623 (Shakespeare died in 1616) and it is said to have been damaged after it was stolen.
"Judge Richard Lowden called the folio "quintessentially English treasure" and said damage to it was "cultural vandalisation". [...]Judge Lowden said that Scott had either deliberately damaged the book himself or was party to its damage. [...] "Your motivation was for financial gain. You wanted to fund an extremely ludicrous playboy lifestyle in order to impress a woman you met in Cuba."-BBC
Raymond Scott was found guilty of handling the stolen goods, but not with the theft. the sentence is eight years.
The staff alerted the British Embassy because of the rarity of the item made them fell it could be stolen. The Shakespeare folio dates from 1623 (Shakespeare died in 1616) and it is said to have been damaged after it was stolen.
"Judge Richard Lowden called the folio "quintessentially English treasure" and said damage to it was "cultural vandalisation". [...]Judge Lowden said that Scott had either deliberately damaged the book himself or was party to its damage. [...] "Your motivation was for financial gain. You wanted to fund an extremely ludicrous playboy lifestyle in order to impress a woman you met in Cuba."-BBC
Raymond Scott was found guilty of handling the stolen goods, but not with the theft. the sentence is eight years.
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