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Diver jailed for plundering sunken ships artefacts

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Diver jailed for plundering sunken ship's historical artefacts

A "deceitful" diver who lied to authorities about where he found £46,000 worth of 17th century cannons which are now "lost to the nation" was jailed for two years.

Vincent Woolsgrove, 49, "persistently misled" the Crown after claiming he found the extremely rare Dutch bronze armada cannons in international waters.

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Greedy or what. Serves him right


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Whose a naughty boy then? :g42:
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Would they not be able to get the canons back as in a way they were stolen property?
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