Sunday, August 23, 2009

They'll Probably Sentence Him Just for Bringing the Bagpiper

BBC NEWS | UK | England | Wear | Cart entry for bard theft accused: "A man accused of stealing a Shakespeare folio valued at �3m arrived for a court appearance in a horse drawn carriage.

Raymond Scott, 52, of Wingate, County Durham, was dressed in Highland tartan and was accompanied by a bagpipe player at Durham Crown Court on Friday.

He faces charges relating to the theft of a first folio that went missing from Durham University Library in 1998."

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