British geologist sentenced to 15 years in Iraq for smuggling artifacts
Jim Fitton, 66, collected 12 stones and shards of broken pottery from the historically famous "Eridu" archaeological site in southern Iraq.
Iraqi policemen escort Jim Fitton from Britain and Volker Waldmann from Germany in handcuffs, who are suspected of smuggling ancient artefacts out of Iraq, outside a court in Baghdad, Iraq, May 22, 2022.(photo credit: REUTERS/THAIER AL-SUDANI)ByJERUSALEM POST STAFFUpdated:
