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UK: Two jailed over gold toilet theft from Blenheim Palace

www.dw.com /en/uk-two-jailed-over-gold-toilet-theft-from-blenheim-palace/a-72905728

Two men have received jail sentences for their roles in the 2019 theft of an 18-karat gold toilet from the mansion. The €5.5 million artwork, which satirized consumerism, was once offered on loan to Donald Trump.

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Michael Jones, 39, received a 27-month sentence, with the judge saying he could not be sure he was part of the gang that carried out the burglary, though he was found guilty of having carried out reconnaissance at the stately home preceding the crime.
That reconnaissance included trying out the facility a day before the theft, an experience he described to the court as "splendid."
😂😂
- So the jury found him guilty but it doesn't sound like the judge is convinced of his guilt, or at least it sounds like theres little viable evidence that he's associated with the robbers. What other reconnaissance could he have done that would make him guilty? How is using a toilet for it's intended purpose reconnaissance? So many questions!
  
  How is using a toilet for it's intended purpose reconnaissance?
  I'm doing reconnaissance as we speak.
Gold is a pretty soft metal, not sure loaning it to "224 lbs" Trump is a great plan.
- It's 18 karat, not 24, so 75% gold and 25% probably silver.
  That makes it a significantly harder alloy than pure gold.
  
  the carat is such a horrendous unit, why can't we just start saying 75% gold
  it's insane that a unit can be a measurement of mass in one case and a measurement of purity in another
- petty dictators love gold toilets, tramp is not that different from saddam, really. I'm imagining tramp saying saddam was a great guy. grifter twin souls.
- It's OK he's a pretty soft man
- Maybe it's just like a memory foam mattress after a while
We need to secure the means of defecation.
veteran convict: choo in for, guv
michael jones: did a shite in a golden loo
Who dares touch the Emperor's Golden Throne? Heretics!
My first thought was that the folks in Blenheim Palace stole Donald Trump's favourite toilet!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wHnlKzGbqZc

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