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Four men have been found guilty and sentenced in connection to the theft of an Anglo-Saxon treasure hoard worth more than $3.8 million, bringing a years long investigation to a close in the United Kingdom.
Four men have been found guilty and sentenced in connection to the theft of an Anglo-Saxon treasure hoard worth more than $3.8 million, bringing a years long investigation to a close in the United Kingdom.
George Powell, 38, and Layton Davies, 51, were sentenced to a combined 23 years for their roles in the theft and conspiracy to convert and conceal criminal property at Worcester Crown Court Thursday.
Simon Wicks, 57, was found guilty of conspiracy to conceal and convert criminal property, while a fourth man, Paul Wells, 60, was also found guilty of conspiracy to conceal, but will be handed his sentence on Dec. 23.
Police launched an investigation into the possibility that a large treasure hoard had gone missing after receiving information from members of the metal detecting community in Herefordshire and the British Museum, police said.
Authorities discovered that Powell and Davies had visited the site where the missing treasure was taken earlier that month. The missing hoard included Anglo-Saxon coinage, jewelry and silver ingots dating from the 9th and 10th centuries and are reportedly worth millions of dollars.