British geologist jailed in Iraq
The family of a retired British geologist have said they are shattered and heartbroken by the news he has been. The family of a retired geologist who has been jailed for 15 years in Iraq say his sentence is tantamount to a death sentenceJim Fitton was sentenced at a.
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. 18 hours agoA retired British geologist has been sentenced to 15 years in prison after being accused of attempting to smuggle broken pottery out of Iraq. Jim Fitton 66 was found guilty of. Jim Fitton 66 who is originally from Bath collected 12.
17 hours agoThe family of a retired British geologist who has been jailed for 15 years in Iraq said they are shattered and heartbroken by the verdict. In March Iraqi authorities detained James Fitton 66 at Baghdad International Airport for transporting. 14 hours agoBritish geologist jailed in Iraq after taking artefacts.
A British retired geologist will spend 15 years in an Iraqi jail after he was convicted of trying to smuggle antique pottery. 9 hours agoA British tourist who took pottery shards from an archaeological site was sentenced on Monday to 15 years in an Iraqi prison after a Baghdad court convicted him of. 17 hours agoLast modified on Mon 6 Jun 2022 0600 EDT.
Iraqi authorities had arrested James Fitton 66 at Baghdad International Airport in March for carrying small fragments of ancient pottery in. Log in or sign up to leave a comment. German tourist Volker Waldmann who was arrested at the same time as Fitton was acquitted of the same charges.
An Iraqi court sentenced a retired British geologist to 15 years in prison on Monday for trying to smuggle ancient artifacts out of the country a Reuters news agency reporter and judicial sources said. 17 hours agoA retired British geologist has been jailed for 15 years for allegedly attempting to remove artefacts from Iraq. A retired British geologist has been jailed for 15 years for attempting to remove artefacts from Iraq.
17 hours agoThe retired British geologist has now been sentenced to 15 years in prison on smuggling charges by an Iraqi court. 16 hours agoA British father has been jailed for 15 years in Iraq for trying to take artefacts out of the country. Under Iraqi law he could have faced the death penalty but on Monday a Baghdad court sentenced him to 15 years in prison.
British Geologist James Fitton has been jailed for 15 years in Iraq after he tried to smuggle illegal artifacts. 17 hours agoA British man has been sentenced to 15 years in an Iraqi prison after collecting items from a historical site in the east of the country. 16 hours agoA British citizen has been sentenced by an Iraqi court to 15 years in prison on charges of smuggling artefacts out of the country in a ruling described as tantamount to a death sentence by his family.
Jim Fitton 66 who is originally from Bath collected 12 stones and shards of broken pottery during a recent geology and archaeology tour of the country. Authorities said they could be considered archaeological pieces because they date back more than 200. In a previous court appearance in Baghdad Jim Fitton told a panel of three judges that he was unaware.
Jim Fitton centre and Volker Waldmann right are handcuffed as they walk to a courtroom escorted by police arriving to. The family of a retired British geologist who has been jailed for 15 years in Iraq said they are shattered and heartbroken by the verdict. A British citizen has been sentenced by an Iraqi court to 15 years in prison on charges of.
16 hours agoThe retired British geologist has now been sentenced to 15 years in prison on. 16 hours agoBritish man given 15-year jail sentence in Iraq for smuggling artefacts. 16 hours agoThe family of a retired British geologist have said they are shattered and heartbroken by the news he has been jailed by an Iraqi court for 15 years and vowed to keep fighting for his.
Jim Fitton was detained in March after 12 fragments of. Jim Fitton a retired geologist from Bath had picked up 12 stones and shards of broken pottery during a visit to the Middle Eastern country. The verdict handed down to retired geologist Jim Fitton shocked the court in Baghdad including his defence attorney.
Jim Fitton 66 collected 12 stones and shards of broken pottery as souvenirs while visiting a site in Eridu in southeast Iraq as part of an organised geology and archaeology tour. BAGHDAD A retired British geologist was sentenced to 15 years in prison by an Iraqi court on Monday for attempting to smuggle ancient artifacts out of the country according to a Reuters reporter and judicial sources. June 6 2022 336 AM.
The family of a retired British geologist who has been jailed for 15 years in Iraq said they are shattered and heartbroken by the verdict. The verdict handed down to Jim Fitton a retired geologist shocked the court in Baghdad. The verdict reportedly shocked both his family and court members who argued that Fitton had not acted with criminal intent.
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