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Mathilde Grandjean

Thief was ‘stressed’ trying to sell gold from Blenheim Palace toilet, jury hears

A man who admitted stealing a £4.75 million gold toilet from Blenheim Palace said he was “stressed to death” while trying to sell his loot, a jury has heard.

James Sheen has admitted taking part in a burglary at the Oxfordshire palace in the early hours of September 14 2019, when the fully functioning 18-carat toilet was stolen from the birthplace of Winston Churchill.

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