US EditionChurchill photo thief sentenced to two years in jail
- A Canadian man, Jeffrey Wood, is sentenced to almost two years in prison for stealing the famous 'Roaring Lion' photograph of Winston Churchill from the Château Laurier hotel in Ottawa.
- Wood pleaded guilty to theft and forgery after the original photograph, taken by Yousuf Karsh in 1941, was discovered in Italy with a private buyer unaware it was stolen.
- The judge said stealing the portrait, which features on the UK £5 note, was 'a breach of trust', while the hotel's manager expressed happiness at the recognition of Canadian history.
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Art Thief Behind Churchill Heist in Canada Is Sentenced
The man who pulled off a brazen art theft in Canada will spend the next two years behind bars. A judge in Ottawa sentenced Jeffrey Wood on Monday, reports the CBC . At some point during the pandemic, Woods stole a renowned photograph of Winston Churchill from Ottawa's Chateau Laurier hotel...
Sentenced to Two Years in Prison the Thief Who Stole Winston Churchill's Most Important Portrait of a Canadian Hotel
The man who stole Winston Churchill's famous portrait with the frown of a hotel in Ottawa in 2022 has been sentenced to two years in prison for forgery, theft and trafficking of property, as decreed by a Canadian court on Monday. Jeffrey Wood stole the painting in which Churchill appears with the frown of the Chateau Laurier Hotel in Ottawa. The work, immortalized by Canadian photographer Yousuf Karsh, portrays the former British Prime Minister …
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