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If you're going to go on trial for stealing a freaking First Folio, I guess you might as well do it in style.
To wit: Suspect in court over Shakespeare tome theft
From Associated Press, February 10, 2009 1:28 PM EST
CONSETT, England - An eccentric British book dealer appeared in court
Tuesday, charged with stealing a rare First Folio of Shakespeare's plays
from a university library.
Self-described "dilettante" Raymond Scott, 51, arrived for the brief hearing
in a chauffeur-driven silver stretch limo, dressed almost entirely in white
and holding a cigar and an opened cup of instant noodles. He read aloud from
Shakespeare's "Richard III" before entering the court.
Police say the 1623 Folio, one of the most important books in the English
language, is worth about 3 million pounds ($4.5 million). It was among seven
centuries-old books and manuscripts stolen from Durham University library in
northern England in 1998.
The book was recovered after a man walked into the Folger Shakespeare
Library in Washington, D.C. in June and asked for its authenticity to be
checked. Library staff contacted police, who traced the man and arrested
Scott.
Scott has previously denied theft and handling stolen goods, saying he
bought the book in Cuba.
He did not enter a plea at Tuesday's hearing in Consett, 250 miles (400
kilometers) north of London. He was released on bail until his next hearing
April 14.
Scott, who told Folger Library staff he was an "international businessman,"
complained about the slow pace of his case.
"Like Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, I have had to suffer not only the whips and
scorns of time but also the law's delay," he told reporters outside court.
To wit: Suspect in court over Shakespeare tome theft
From Associated Press, February 10, 2009 1:28 PM EST
CONSETT, England - An eccentric British book dealer appeared in court
Tuesday, charged with stealing a rare First Folio of Shakespeare's plays
from a university library.
Self-described "dilettante" Raymond Scott, 51, arrived for the brief hearing
in a chauffeur-driven silver stretch limo, dressed almost entirely in white
and holding a cigar and an opened cup of instant noodles. He read aloud from
Shakespeare's "Richard III" before entering the court.
Police say the 1623 Folio, one of the most important books in the English
language, is worth about 3 million pounds ($4.5 million). It was among seven
centuries-old books and manuscripts stolen from Durham University library in
northern England in 1998.
The book was recovered after a man walked into the Folger Shakespeare
Library in Washington, D.C. in June and asked for its authenticity to be
checked. Library staff contacted police, who traced the man and arrested
Scott.
Scott has previously denied theft and handling stolen goods, saying he
bought the book in Cuba.
He did not enter a plea at Tuesday's hearing in Consett, 250 miles (400
kilometers) north of London. He was released on bail until his next hearing
April 14.
Scott, who told Folger Library staff he was an "international businessman,"
complained about the slow pace of his case.
"Like Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, I have had to suffer not only the whips and
scorns of time but also the law's delay," he told reporters outside court.
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I think it was the cup of noodles.
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I like the logic that if he sells it to someone in Cuba, it will automatically become untracable!
*snort*
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And noodles!
-Crow
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