A man involved in the plot to steal an 18-carat gold toilet, valued at £4.75 million, from Blenheim Palace has avoided prison after being given a suspended sentence. Frederick Doe, 37, acted as the middleman in the audacious theft of the art piece, created by Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan, from the birthplace of Winston Churchill.
A gang of thieves broke into the Oxfordshire country house in the early hours of 14 September 2019, just hours after the toilet's glamorous unveiling as part of an exhibition. They ripped out the fully-functioning fixture, which was a star attraction.
