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‘Foolish’ middleman in £4.75m gold toilet heist given suspended prison term

The “foolish” middleman in a plot to steal a £4.75 million gold toilet from Blenheim Palace – the Oxfordshire country house where Sir Winston Churchill was born – has walked free from court after being given a suspended sentence. A gang of thieves ...

19 May 2025 at 15:19

Blenheim staff woken by breaking glass during gold toilet theft, court told

Staff at Blenheim Palace were awoken by the sound of breaking glass and a noise which sounded like an exploding boiler as a £4.75 million gold toilet was stolen in a five-minute “audacious raid”, a court has heard. They were awoken when the fully ...

26 Feb 2025 at 18:41

Arrest after contractor allegedly ‘shut down’ British Museum IT systems

A former British Museum contract worker has been arrested after allegedly shutting down its IT systems, the London-based institution said. Part of the museum’s permanent collection was closed on Friday, while temporary exhibitions will remain ...

25 Jan 2025 at 12:51

Man accused of stealing gold toilet checked web headlines about raid – court

One of the men on trial over the theft of a £4.75 million gold toilet from Blenheim Palace had scoured the internet for details about the raid, a jury has been told. Within days of the burglary, Michael Jones had used his phone to search for ...

27 Feb 2025 at 15:22

Grayson Perry artwork stolen from Bristol gallery

Police are investigating after a sculpture by artist and broadcaster Grayson Perry was stolen from a Bristol art gallery. The 27cm glazed ceramic figure, called “Alien Baby”, was taken from the Hidden Gallery in Clifton between 1.15pm and 1....

06 Sept 2022 at 12:13

Pair jailed for burglary of £4.75m golden toilet from Blenheim Palace

Two men have been jailed for their roles in the theft of a £4.75 million gold toilet from Blenheim Palace. A gang of thieves smashed their way in to the palace and ripped out the fully-functioning 18-carat gold toilet during a raid in 2019....

13 Jun 2025 at 18:46

Builder cleared of stealing £270,000 Banksy print from central London gallery

A builder has been cleared of stealing a £270,000 Banksy print from a central London gallery. James Love, 54, from North Stifford in Essex, had stood trial over the burglary of a limited-edition work belonging to the street artist’s Girl ...

22 Sept 2025 at 11:03

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Louvre urged to speed up security upgrades in audit conducted before heist

French auditors urged the Louvre museum to speed up its security modernisation plans as a priority, in a report conducted before the October 19 jewels heist. Thursday’s report by the Cour des Comptes comes after a series of failings and ...

06 Nov 2025 at 11:02

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Renoir, Cezanne and Matisse paintings stolen from Italian museum

Thieves have made off with three paintings by Renoir, Cezanne and Matisse worth millions of pounds from a museum near the city of Parma in northern Italy, police said. The raid took place at the Magnani Rocca Foundation on the night of ...

30 Mar 2026 at 10:16

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