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Ryan Fahey

Brit jailed for 15 years in Iraq for smuggling artefacts out of the country

A British man has been jailed for 15 years in Iraq after a court found him guilty of smuggling artefacts out of the country.

Dad-of-two Jim Fitton, 66, was sentenced to 15 years in prison by a Baghdad court for trying to leave the country with ancient fragments.

Mr Fitton - who could have been executed for the crime - was arrested during his first visit to the country while on a geology and archaeology tour.

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