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BAGHDAD \u2013 June 6 (ONLINE) An Iraqi court sentenced a British man to 15 years in prison on Monday for trying to smuggle ancient artifacts out of the country, a Reuters reporter and judicial sources said.<\/p>\n

Iraqi authorities had arrested James Fitton, 66, at Baghdad International Airport in March for carrying small fragments of ancient pottery in his baggage.<\/p>\n

The Baghdad Criminal Court sentenced Fitton for taking the artifacts from a heritage site in southern Iraq and attempting to transport them out of the country “with criminal intent”, according to one judicial source – an offence normally punishable by death under Iraqi law.<\/p>\n

Fitton’s lawyer said he would appeal the verdict on the grounds that there was no criminal intent.<\/p>\n

A German man arrested alongside Fitton for also taking pottery fragments, Wolker Waldmann, was acquitted of the same charges.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

BAGHDAD \u2013 June 6 (ONLINE) An Iraqi court sentenced a British man to 15 years in prison on Monday for trying to smuggle ancient artifacts out of the country, a Reuters reporter and judicial sources said. Iraqi authorities had arrested James Fitton, 66, at Baghdad […]<\/p>\n

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