The theft of the painting, The Madonna of the Yarnwinder, a masterpiece by Leonardo Da Vinci was one the biggest heists in Britain’s history. The painting’s owner, the Duke of Buccleuch, was devastated after the theft and offered a reward of £2 million for the painting’s safe return. The painting strangely reappeared in a lawyer’s office four years later; a month after the Duke died. The thieves were never caught. However, three lawyers and two private investigators were accused of plotting to extort £4.25 million from the Duke to guarantee a safe return. After an eight-week trial it took the jury eight hours to clear them.
I am interested in crime and thefts which is why I chose this article. From what I have read so far about this subject, I actually believe that the five men who were accused and are now cleared are indeed guilty. This is one of the reasons that I do not think that jurors should be used in crime solving, but instead leave it up to the people who know how everything works/goes. Some of these five accused men say did they only tried to do the right thing, but do think that they should get the £2 million reward, which I think is ridiculous.
I am interested in crime and thefts which is why I chose this article. From what I have read so far about this subject, I actually believe that the five men who were accused and are now cleared are indeed guilty. This is one of the reasons that I do not think that jurors should be used in crime solving, but instead leave it up to the people who know how everything works/goes. Some of these five accused men say did they only tried to do the right thing, but do think that they should get the £2 million reward, which I think is ridiculous.
Robin in your opinion you say:'This one of the reason....' you missed an 'S'.
ReplyDeleteWhat I don't get about the article(yours and the article in the www.timesonline.co.uk)that four years later it reappeared in the lawyers office. How long did they keep it? Because if they kept it for a long time they are in fact guilty, because it was one of the biggest heist. The article also doesn't mention WHAT the five men did to earn the 2 million pounds. The article on the times on line was not clear, but you did make a good summary, it gave me all the important information about the article. I enjoyed reading it you picked a good article, very entertaining.
Dear Robin,
ReplyDeleteA good summary and reaction, as Sara says, with only a couple of mistakes. Remember save is the verb and safe is the adjective, you make one error with this in your place. "Meaning" should also be deleted from the final sentence. Otherwise well done, but you need a lot more of these to get the full 14 in time!
Kate