Fourteen men convicted of plotting to steal

  01 March 2016    Read: 1203
Fourteen men convicted of plotting to steal
Fourteen men linked to an organised crime gang have been convicted at Birmingham crown court of plotting to steal rhino horn and Chinese artefacts worth up to
A jury on Monday convicted four of the gang’s “generals” who helped to plan and oversee a string of offences, including break-ins at Cambridge’s Fitzwilliam Museum and Durham’s Oriental Museum in 2012.

John “Kerry” O’Brien Jr, Richard “Kerry” O’Brien, Michael Hegarty and Daniel “Turkey” O’Brien were found guilty after a trial which could not be reported because of similar offences committed by a group of criminals nicknamed the Rathkeale Rovers.

The two-month trial at Birmingham crown court heard that 10 other men had previously been convicted for their parts in the conspiracy, which included a bungled attempt to steal a rhino head from Norwich Castle Museum in February 2012.

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