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Iraq antiquities case: Briton jailed 15 years, German freed

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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

Iraq trial of Briton and German for antiquity theft adjourned

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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