Iraqi court jails British man for 15 years for attempting to transport antiquities. Maximum penalty for the offence is death by hanging. Co-accused Volker Waldmann, 60, who was visiting Iraq with Fitton, acquitted. Iraq: A British retiree was sentenced to 15 years in prison by an Iraqi court on Monday for attempting to transport antiquities … Read more
An Iraqi court sentenced a British man to 15 years in prison for attempting to smuggle historic treasures out of the country. James Fitton, 66, was arrested for bringing small bits of antique pottery in his luggage at Baghdad International Airport. German Wolker Waldmann was convicted of the same charges. An Iraqi court sentenced a … Read more
After a defence counsel requested more research, an Iraqi judge deferred the trial of a British man and a German man accused of attempting to smuggle artefacts for two weeks. James Fitton, 66, a retired British geologist, and Volker Waldmann, 60, a Berlin psychologist, have been in custody since they were arrested on March 20 … Read more
