WARSAW - An Israeli couple have been given suspended jail sentences for the theft of historic artifacts from the former Nazi death camp Auschwitz, Poland's PAP news agency quoted a prosecutor as saying on Saturday."They have voluntarily accepted a two-year suspended jail sentence and agreed to pay a mandatory contribution towards the preservation of monuments," Deputy District Prosecutor Mariusz Slomka said, without specifying the amount.After all formalities are dealt with, the 60-year-old man and his 57-year-old wife will be free to leave Poland, he said.The couple had been charged earlier on Saturday with the theft of mementos of particular cultural importance, an offense that carries a maximum 10-year jail sentence.
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