A metal detectorist who planned to sell a hoard of Anglo-Saxon coins has been ordered to pay £103,000 or face being jailed ...

He was one of two metal detectorists jailed over their attempts to sell 44 9th Century coins on the black market, following their trial at Durham Crown Court, in April 2023. Both 77-year-old Pilling, ...

Roger Pilling, 77, was convicted with a second man of conspiring to sell 44 ninth-century coins found in Herefordshire and ...

He was one of two metal detectorists jailed over their attempts to sell 44 9th Century coins on the black market, following their trial at Durham Crown Court, in April 2023. Both 77-year-old ...

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 ...

A Lancashire metal detectorist who was jailed for trying to sell Anglo-Saxon coins has been ordered to repay £103,000.

Among the stolen goods was 44 ninth-century coins believed to have been buried by a Viking and which have never been declared as treasure, nor have they been handed to the Crown. Now ...

An East Lancashire pensioner who uncovered rare coins more than 1,000 years old must repay £103k of his ill-gotten gains.

He was convicted with a second man of conspiring to sell 44 ninth century coins worth £766,000 and jailed for five years and two months at Durham Crown Court in May, 2023. The coins, which were ...

Pilling, from Loveclough, was convicted of conspiring with Craig Best, 48, to sell ninth-century coins worth £766,000 at Durham Crown Court, after being foiled by an undercover police sting.