A thief who stole a golden toilet from Blenheim Palace - the country mansion where Winston Churchill was born - has been convicted along with an accomplice who helped cash in on the spoils of the 18-carat work of art insured for nearly £5 million (€5.9m).
Michael Jones, 39, was found guilty of burglary in Oxford Crown Court. He had used the fully functioning one-of-a-kind latrine - a satirical work titled “America” by Italian conceptual artist Maurizio Cattelan - as he did reconnaissance at Blenheim Palace the day before the theft, prosecutors said. He described the experience as “splendid.”
