British geologist jailed in Iraq

British geologist jailed in Iraq after taking artefacts. A British citizen has been sentenced by an Iraqi court to 15 years in prison on charges of.

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Jim Fitton 66 was found guilty of.

. 15 hours 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. 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. Jim Fitton was detained in March after 12 fragments of.

June 6 2022 336 AM. 6 hours agoITV News published this video item entitled Family of retired British geologist liken his 15-year jail term in Iraq to death sentence ITV News below is their description. 15 hours 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.

15 hours agoThe retired British geologist has now been sentenced to 15 years in prison on smuggling charges by an Iraqi court. Authorities said they could be considered archaeological pieces because they date back more than 200. British geologist Jim Fitton was detained at the Baghdad airport on March 20 Image source.

BAGHDAD A retired British geologist was sentenced to 15 years in prison by an Iraqi court on Monday for attempting to smuggle ancient artifacts out of the country according to a Reuters reporter and judicial sources. BBC News A British retired geologist has been sentenced to 15 years in prison by an Iraq court on Monday for attempting to smuggle ancient artefacts out of the country. Jim Fitton 66 who is originally from Bath collected 12.

Iraqi authorities had arrested James Fitton 66 at Baghdad International Airport in March for carrying small fragments of ancient pottery in. 14 hours agoThe 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 15 years and vowed to keep fighting for his. READ ALSO Killers of Ondo worshippers must be arrested punished Sultan.

The family of a retired British geologist have said they are shattered and heartbroken by the news he has been. The family of a retired British geologist who has been jailed for 15 years in Iraq said they are shattered and heartbroken by the verdict. British geologist jailed in Iraq after taking artefacts Updated.

In March Iraqi authorities detained James Fitton 66 at Baghdad International Airport for transporting. Jim Fitton 66 collected 12 stones and shards of broken pottery as souvenirs while visiting a site in Eridu in southeast Iraq as part of an organised geology and archaeology tour. 14 hours agoA British citizen has been sentenced by an Iraqi court to 15 years in prison on charges of smuggling artefacts out of the country in a ruling described as tantamount to a death sentence by his family.

15 hours agoA retired British geologist has been jailed for 15 years for allegedly attempting to remove artefacts from Iraq. 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. June 6th 2022 0505 PM IST.

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. 16 hours agoA retired British geologist has been sentenced to 15 years in prison after being accused of attempting to smuggle broken pottery out of Iraq. A British retired geologist will spend 15 years in an Iraqi jail after he was convicted of trying to smuggle antique pottery.

The verdict handed down to Jim Fitton a retired geologist shocked the court in Baghdad. 13 hours agoA British father has been jailed for 15 years in Iraq for trying to take artefacts out of the country. An Iraqi court yesterday sentenced 66-year-old Jim.

12 hours agoThe family of a British geologist jailed for attempting to smuggle pottery shards out of Iraq have said his penalty amounts to a death sentence. A retired British geologist has been jailed for 15 years for attempting to remove artefacts from Iraq. 15 hours agoLast modified on Mon 6 Jun 2022 0600 EDT.

7 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. Jim Fitton 66 who originally hails from Bath had stolen 12 stones and shards of. In a previous court appearance in Baghdad Jim Fitton told a panel of three judges that he was unaware.

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. 14 hours agoA judge in Baghdad found retired geologist Jim Fitton 66 guilty of criminal intent to smuggle artefacts older than 200 years old out of. The family of a retired geologist who has been jailed for 15 years in Iraq say his sentence is tantamount to a death sentenceJim Fitton was sentenced at a.

The verdict reportedly shocked both his family and court members who argued that Fitton had not acted with criminal intent.

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