On Monday, the trial of three men accused of theft of an 18-carat gold toilet, which was staged as a work of art at an exhibition at the Churchill family headquarters in Blenheim Palace, started.
A fully working toilet, a work entitled “America” of the Italian artist Maurizio Cattelana, was one of the main attractions of the exhibition at the Churchill headquarters in Blenheim Palace in South England.
Prosecutor Julian Christopher said that before dawn on September 14, 2019, a group of five men rammed two stolen vehicles leading to the palace.
The accused were to break through the window, break the toilet from the wall and leave the building after five minutes.
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The trial of the accused of theft of a golden toilet has started
The toilet weighing 98 kilograms was insured for $ 6 million. Prosecutors say that it was probably divided into smaller amounts of gold to sell.
A trial started before the court in Oxford. 39-year-old Michael Jones stood in front of him-the man confessed to burglary-36-year-old Fred Doe and 40-year-old Bora Guccuk. The last two were accused of fencing.
The fourth man admitted to the burglary – 39 -year -old James Sheen. As Reuters predicts, the process of about a month.
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