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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Stephen Burgen

Man jailed in Spain after selling off 7,000 hams he stole from work

Black Iberian free-range Lampino piglets foraging for acorns in Huelva province. Huelva is famous for its  jamón de jabugo.
Black Iberian free-range Lampino piglets foraging for acorns in Huelva province. Huelva is famous for its jamón de jabugo. Photograph: Rawdon Wyatt/Alamy

A man in Huelva in southern Spain has been jailed for defrauding his employers out of €520,000 (£439,000) after he stole and resold 7,000 hams.

The man, who has not been named, stole the jamón from the curing warehouse where he worked over a period of six years from 2007 to 2013. Although he faced a six-year sentence, it was reduced to 11 months and 29 days because the case took so long to come to trial.

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