Book Thief With Shopping List Gets 42 Months In Jail

“A Cambridge graduate referred to as the ‘tome raider’ who stole antique books worth £40,000 from a world-famous library was jailed for three-and-a-half years today. William Jacques, who stole £1m of rare books in the late 1990s, drew up a ‘thief’s shopping list’ as he continued his life of crime.”