US EditionMan who tried to sell stolen £4.75m golden toilet from Blenheim Palace sentenced
- Frederick Doe, the middleman in the theft of an 18-carat gold toilet worth £4.75 million, received a suspended sentence in May 2025 at Oxford Crown Court.
- The theft took place at Blenheim Palace, the birthplace of Winston Churchill, when a group of thieves broke in during the early morning of September 14, 2019, shortly after the gold toilet was unveiled in an exhibition.
- Doe was convicted for his role in a plot involving the handling of illicit goods, but the judge characterized him as a facilitator exploited by James Sheen because of Doe's legitimate connections within the Hatton Garden jewellery community.
- Judge Ian Pringle handed Doe a 21-month prison sentence, which was deferred for two years, along with a requirement to complete 240 hours of community service, highlighting that five men were involved in the bold theft and that none of the stolen gold has yet been recovered.
- The court heard the stolen toilet was likely melted or broken up and sold quickly, while Doe emphasized his good nature was taken advantage of and expressed a wish to return to his family.
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A UK man who tried to sell a stolen 18-karat gold toilet has been given a 21-month suspended prison sentence. Fred Sines, 37, will not serve jail time but will instead complete 240 hours of community service. The £4.8 million toilet was stolen from an exhibition in September 2019, when three men drove two stolen cars through the locked wooden gates of Blenheim Palace in south-east England, the birthplace of Winston Churchill. They then entered t…
Man who tried to sell stolen $6.4M gold toilet is spared jail
LONDON (AP) — A man who tried to help a burglar cash in from the theft of a golden toilet valued at 4.74 million pounds ($6.4 million) was spared jail on Monday after a British judge said he had been taken advantage of by the thieves. Frederick Doe, 37, also known as Frederick Sines, was […]
Man who tried to sell US$6.4M gold toilet stolen from English country house is spared jail
A man who tried to help a burglar cash in from the theft of a golden toilet valued at 4.74 million pounds was spared jail on Monday after a British judge said he had been taken advantage of by the thieves.
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