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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Caroline Davies and agency

Man handed suspended sentence over role in Blenheim Palace £4.8m gold toilet heist

The gold toilet
The fully-functioning lavatory weighed about 98kg and was stolen while it was featuring in an art exhibition. Photograph: Tom Lindboe/PA

A “foolish” middle-man involved in the theft of a £4.8m gold toilet stolen from an art exhibition at Blenheim Palace has been handed a suspended sentence at Oxford crown court.

Frederick Doe, 37, also known as Frederick Sines, from Windsor, was convicted by a jury of conspiring to transfer criminal property. He was accused of offering to find a buyer for the gold.

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