A jobless book dealer who posed as an international playboy “mutilated” a stolen £3m first edition of Shakespeare’s works, a court has heard. The prosecution at Newcastle Crown Court said he damaged it to hide the fact that it was stolen.
A jobless book dealer who posed as an international playboy “mutilated” a stolen £3m first edition of Shakespeare’s works, a court has heard. The prosecution at Newcastle Crown Court said he damaged it to hide the fact that it was stolen.