Tuesday, August 03, 2010

News at Eleven: An unemployed book dealer who paraded

as a wealthy playboy was sentenced Monday to eight years in prison for possessing a stolen first edition of Shakespeare's plays, a rare volume described as a "quintessentially English treasure."

Last month, a jury cleared Raymond Scott, 53, of stealing the First Folio but found him guilty of handling stolen goods and removing stolen property from Britain.

from The Associated Press: Book dealer gets jail for stolen Shakespeare tome

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