A blog commenting on various aspects of the private collecting and trade in archaeological artefacts today and their effect on the archaeological record.
Sunday, 31 January 2016
Introduction of new Sentencing Guidelines for theft of Heritage Assets Tomorrow
In the UK....
don't HE know that metal detectorists are somebody's "Partners"? Still no sentence however for knowledge theft, but one day, maybe....
"Still no sentence however for knowledge theft, but one day, maybe...."
ReplyDeleteWell, as things stand it's an abstract crime which carries a heavy abstract sentence: "to be held in contempt by posterity for evermore"....
;)
["Wot? Me? Nah!"]