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A metal detectorist who planned to sell a hoard of Anglo-Saxon coins has been ordered to pay £103,000 or face being jailed ...
A METAL detectorist who was jailed for trying to sell Anglo-Saxon coins to an undercover cop has been ordered to repay ...
Roger Pilling, 77, from Loveclough, Lancashire, has three months to pay back what prosecutors said were his profits from the ...
A rare 9th Century silver brooch has been linked to the greatest Viking silver treasure trove found outside Russia. The piece ...
An East Lancashire pensioner who uncovered rare coins more than 1,000 years old must repay £103k of his ill-gotten gains.
The second man, from Bishop Auckland, convicted over attempts to sell an Anglo-Saxon coin hoard has been ordered to pay £103k.
Prosecutor Adrian Foster told Teesside Crown Court Pilling, who could be jailed for 12 months, knew the 9th Century coins were stolen treasure and "instead of choosing to report a crime ...