In this file photo taken on May 22, 2022 James Fitton, 66, a retired British geologist (L) and Volker Waldmann, 60, a Berlin psychologist, are dressed in the yellow uniform of detainees as they are arrive at a courthouse in the Iraqi capital Baghdad, where they are being tried over ancient pottery shards, considered by the Iraqi authorities as antiquities, found in their luggage at the airport. (AFP)
An Iraqi court has overturned the conviction and 15-year sentence handed to a British pensioner last month for antiquities smuggling, the retiree's lawyer said Tuesday.
The conviction of James Fitton has been "overturned today by the Court of Cassation and my client will soon be free", lawyer Thaer Saoud told AFP.
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