Toilet robbery in Blenheim Palace: Men condemns flee after 5 years!

Toilet robbery in Blenheim Palace: Men condemns flee after 5 years!

In a hideous art crime, two men were convicted of the brazen toilet from the Blenheim Palace in England for the brazen theft of a golden toilet. The alleged value of the 18-carat masterpiece amounts to an impressive 5.7 million euros. This toilet, which is known as "America" and was created by the Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan, was stolen on September 14, 2019 in a spectacular campaign, while it was only exhibited for two days. With a stolen VW Golf and an ISUZu-truck, the perpetrators fled from the facility after a daring raid that only took five minutes, such as OE24 reported.

The details of the crime

At 4:50 a.m., the thieves conquered the terrain of the famous palace near Oxford by breaking a massive wooden door with shelter and breakage. You quickly tore the fully functional toilet from the anchoring and filled the soil with water, which led to flood. They proudly dragged the 98 kg artwork into the trunk of the fleeing vehicle. Michael Jones and James Sheen, the main responsible for this brazen campaign, have now been convicted - Jones for burglary, Sheen had previously guilty of the transfer of stolen property, as yahoo

The security deficiencies in the Blenheim Palace were described as catastrophic. Although the golden toilet was known to the public, among other things, about its remarkably high monetary and artistic weight, it was not guarded at the time of theft. Afterwards, the safety of the palace took a drastic turn when those responsible recognized the insufficient security precautions and took measures immediately to protect the environment. The public reacted with great interest to the incident, which caused many visitors to search for the palace to visit the place of crime, as Ms. Eleanor Paice, who watched what was going on with his own eyes, described.