British geologist jailed in Iraq

Thaier Al-SudaniReuters An Iraqi court sentenced a retired British geologist to 15 years in prison on Monday for trying to smuggle ancient artifacts out of the country a Reuters news agency reporter and judicial sources said. Jim Fitton collected 12.

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Jim Fitton 66 was found guilty of.

. 1 day agoA retired British geologist has been jailed for 15 years for allegedly attempting to remove artefacts from Iraq. Jim Fitton was detained in March after 12 fragments of. A retired British geologist accused by Iraq of collecting small archaeological fragments had no criminal intent his family said expressing hopes the charges potentially punishable by death.

The verdict handed. 1 day agoA retired British geologist has been jailed for 15 years for attempting to remove artefacts from Iraq. Authorities said they could be considered archaeological pieces because they date back more than 200.

1 day agoAn Iraqi court sentenced a retired British geologist to 15 years in prison on Monday for trying to smuggle ancient artifacts out of the country a Reuters news agency reporter and judicial sources said. Jim Fitton 66 who is originally from Bath collected 12. 1 day agoA British father has been jailed for 15 years in Iraq for trying to take artefacts out of the country.

A British retired geologist will spend 15 years in an Iraqi jail after he was convicted of trying to smuggle antique pottery. Jim Fitton a retired geologist from Bath had picked up 12 stones and shards of broken pottery during a visit to the Middle Eastern country. Mr Fitton has insisted he had no idea he was breaking Iraqi laws.

Jim Fitton 66 was detained by authorities in the Middle Eastern. Jim Fitton 66 who is originally from Bath collected 12 stones and shards of broken pottery during a recent geology and archaeology tour of the country. 3 hours agoA 66-year-old retired geologist Jim Fitton was convicted of trying to smuggle artifacts out of the country after his arrest at Baghdad.

Retired British geologist who faces death penalty in Iraq for smuggling historical artefacts is left heartbroken after missing his daughters wedding Jim Fitton 66 was not able to. Iraqi authorities had arrested James Fitton 66 at Baghdad International Airport in March for carrying small fragments of ancient pottery in. 1 day agoThe family of a retired British geologist who has been jailed for 15 years in Iraq said they are shattered and heartbroken by the verdict.

The family of a retired British geologist facing the death penalty in Iraq have called on the UK government to urgently intervene. 1404 Tue Jun 7 2022. British Geologist James Fitton has been jailed for 15 years in Iraq after he tried to smuggle illegal artifacts.

1 day agoLast modified on Mon 6 Jun 2022 0600 EDT. A British citizen has been sentenced by an Iraqi court to 15 years in prison on charges of smuggling artefacts out of. Jim Fitton 66 who is originally from Bath collected 12 stones and shards of broken pottery.

He family of a retired British geologist have said they are shattered and heartbroken by the news he has been jailed by an Iraqi court for. 1403 Tue Jun 7 2022 UPDATED. 1 day agoA British man has been sentenced to 15 years in an Iraqi prison after collecting items from a historical site in the east of the country.

Under Iraqi law he could have faced the death penalty but on Monday a Baghdad court sentenced him to 15 years in prison. 1 day agoA retired British geologist has been sentenced to 15 years in prison after being accused of attempting to smuggle broken pottery out of Iraq. 22 hours agoA British tourist who took pottery shards from an archaeological site was sentenced on Monday to 15 years in an Iraqi prison after a Baghdad court convicted him of trying to smuggle the artifacts.

5 hours agoA British former oil and gas geologist has been sentenced by an Iraqi court to 15 years in prison after being convicted of attempting to smuggle artefacts out of the country. A retired British geologist has been jailed for 15 years for attempting to remove artefacts from Iraq. A retired British geologist is facing the death penalty in Iraq after being arrested at the airport over shards of broken pottery according to his family.

2 hours agoA BRITISH geologist who was facing the death penalty for collecting artefacts in Iraq has been jailed for 15 years. Jim Fitton from Britain and Volker Waldmann from Germany in handcuffs. German tourist Volker Waldmann who was arrested at the same time as Fitton was acquitted of the same charges.

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