Sentence Halved For Scholar Who Cut Pages From Books

“An Iranian scholar who stole pages from priceless books at Oxford’s Bodleian library and the British Library has had his sentence halved. Farhad Hakimzadeh, 61, of Knightsbridge, central London, pleaded guilty to 14 counts of theft and was jailed for two years in January 2009. … The British Library said it was disappointed with the court’s ruling.”