ALLELUIA A thief and an antique dealer received three-month suspended prison sentences in this case
The two statues stolen in 2018 were found in their parish of Crozon on Wednesday. — Brittany Customs
- Two religious statues stolen at the end of 2018 were returned this Wednesday by customs to the parish of Crozon.
- They had been stolen from the rectory renovation site.
- Two individuals, the thief and an antique dealer, were convicted in this case.
They finally found their holy house. Two religious statuettes stolen from the presbytery renovation site in December 2018 have been destroyed. returned this Wednesday by Breton customs to the parish of Crozon (Finistère). Dating from the 17th century and representing the apostles Saint Peter and Saint John, the first sculpture had been intercepted on October 22, 2019 by Roscoff customs officers during a passenger check at the airport. boarding a ferry at destination of Plymouth in England.
Its holder, a British national, had then indicated having bought the statue at an antique dealer in the region for the sum of 1,500 euros. But since the individual had no document in his pocket authorizing the departure of this object from France, the sculpture had been removed. blocked by customs pending its expertise.
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The thief and the antique dealer sentenced
Seized by the Brest public prosecutor’s office in this case, the judicial finance investigation service finally succeeded in unravel the mystery of this object which had indeed been stolen. In the aftermath, the suspect of the theft, who had also stolen a second statue on the construction site, was identified.
A Breton antique dealer, who had sold the first statue to another antique dealer for export to England and the second statue to be sold. a French private individual, was also implicated in this case. Both have been tried and sentenced in July 2022 at three months suspended prison sentence by the court of Brest. The antique dealer also took the hit. a customs fine of 800 euros.