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flag Two men sentenced for 2020 theft of £4.75M gold toilet from Blenheim Palace.

flag In January 2026, two men were sentenced in connection with the 2020 theft of Maurizio Cattelan’s £4.75 million gold toilet *America* from Blenheim Palace. flag James Sheen, 40, received a four-year prison term for burglary, money laundering, and transferring stolen property, with a total sentence of 23 years and four months due to prior convictions. flag Michael Jones, 39, involved in reconnaissance, was sentenced to 27 months. flag The theft, carried out by five men in under five and a half minutes, involved smashing a window and removing the toilet with a sledgehammer. flag Authorities cited extensive evidence, including phone records, DNA, and digital data, from nearly 30,000 pages of investigation materials, describing the case as one of the UK’s largest gold burglaries and part of a broader money laundering network.

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