Layton Davies failed to pay back £670,000 made from selling treasure he found in Hertfordshire in 2015A metal detectorist convicted for stealing a £3m Viking treasure hoard has been handed an extended jail sentence after he failed to pay back more than £600,000.Layton Davies, 56, and an accomplice were jailed in 2019 for failing to declare the collection of buried treasure dating back 1,100 years to the reign of King Alfred the Great and instead selling a large number of items for significant gain. Continue reading…
Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/sep/12/metal-detectorist-who-stole-3m-viking-hoard-jailed-for-five-more-years
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Publish date : 2024-09-12 15:53:23
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