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High court upholds verdict against Palace Museum burglar
By Zhao Wen |
May 14, 2012, Monday
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THE Beijing High People's Court today upheld a lower-court ruling that the thief who stole nine exhibits from Beijing Palace Museum shall serve 13 years in prison.
Shi Baikui, 28, a native of Shandong Province, made headlines last May after he sneaked into the museum, also known as the Forbidden City, and stole nine jewelry boxes on loan from the Hong Kong Liang Yi Museum on the night of May 8 last year.
Prosecutors said Shi used tools to cut off the alarm system, smashed a window and climbed into the showroom to steal the jewelry boxes. But he was spotted a patrol guard and in his flight he lost five of the nine boxes. He threw the rest in a dumpster after a jewelry shop owner told him that they were fakes.
Prosecutors said the insured value of the stolen exhibits was about 410,000 yuan (US$64,886). Six of them have been recovered, but three, worth about 150,000 yuan, are still missing.
Shi confessed to planning the burglary during police investigation but withdrew his confession later in a court hearing, saying he acted on the spur of the moment when he was taking shelter from rain in the museum.
Shi Baikui, 28, a native of Shandong Province, made headlines last May after he sneaked into the museum, also known as the Forbidden City, and stole nine jewelry boxes on loan from the Hong Kong Liang Yi Museum on the night of May 8 last year.
Prosecutors said Shi used tools to cut off the alarm system, smashed a window and climbed into the showroom to steal the jewelry boxes. But he was spotted a patrol guard and in his flight he lost five of the nine boxes. He threw the rest in a dumpster after a jewelry shop owner told him that they were fakes.
Prosecutors said the insured value of the stolen exhibits was about 410,000 yuan (US$64,886). Six of them have been recovered, but three, worth about 150,000 yuan, are still missing.
Shi confessed to planning the burglary during police investigation but withdrew his confession later in a court hearing, saying he acted on the spur of the moment when he was taking shelter from rain in the museum.
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