A deep-sea treasure hunter who has served nearly a decade in jail for refusing to disclose the whereabouts of missing gold coins has scored a legal win but he will remain behind bars for now.
Tommy Thompson's sentence on a civil contempt charge was ended by US District Judge Algenon Marbley but, at the same time, he ordered the research scientist immediately start serving a two-year sentence for a related criminal contempt charge, a term that was delayed when the civil contempt term was imposed.
