I don’t know how I feel about this. On one hand, they’ve done the work to find it. On the other hand, we’d have little historical artefacts if every person who found them was a greedy t*** who just decided to profit from their find.
At the same time, I think the laws dictating that the landowner should be entitled to half of any royalties is completely wrong. Landowners tend to be very wealthy.
I get why it’s illegal, but 5 years? For a non violent crime involving items we didn’t even know existed?
I’ll never understand sentencing in the UK. 5 years for this and yet time and time again we see suspended sentences for actual violence.
So there’s 2 get 5 years
But someone breaking someone’s eye balls gets a fine
Just glad I can tell my daughter “Don’t worry hen, at least there’s no metal detectorists out there”, as she’s followed home from school by the local sex offender.
More metal detector enthusiasts off the streets, thank god for that! I was always being harrased by them for my coins !… /s
Jesus tittyfucking Christ, 5 years for these two fences and 8-10 for the two who actually found the hoard. For non-violent crimes. That had little impact on anyone living beyond a few history buffs. Whilst rapists and violent criminals literally walk free with a slap on the wrist. What a disgrace.
To clarify, according to the article they were not the original finders. Those 2 were already in jail according to a previous article in the G. “Powell and Davies made the discovery on land owned by Lord Cawley near Leominster in June 2015. Cawley did not give the pair permission to detect on his land and could be in line for a reward for the recovered items.”
How can they possible justify jailing these guys when they’re giving rapists and other violent offenders community sentences?
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I don’t know how I feel about this. On one hand, they’ve done the work to find it. On the other hand, we’d have little historical artefacts if every person who found them was a greedy t*** who just decided to profit from their find.
At the same time, I think the laws dictating that the landowner should be entitled to half of any royalties is completely wrong. Landowners tend to be very wealthy.
I get why it’s illegal, but 5 years? For a non violent crime involving items we didn’t even know existed?
I’ll never understand sentencing in the UK. 5 years for this and yet time and time again we see suspended sentences for actual violence.
So there’s 2 get 5 years
But someone breaking someone’s eye balls gets a fine
Just glad I can tell my daughter “Don’t worry hen, at least there’s no metal detectorists out there”, as she’s followed home from school by the local sex offender.
More metal detector enthusiasts off the streets, thank god for that! I was always being harrased by them for my coins !… /s
Jesus tittyfucking Christ, 5 years for these two fences and 8-10 for the two who actually found the hoard. For non-violent crimes. That had little impact on anyone living beyond a few history buffs. Whilst rapists and violent criminals literally walk free with a slap on the wrist. What a disgrace.
To clarify, according to the article they were not the original finders. Those 2 were already in jail according to a previous article in the G. “Powell and Davies made the discovery on land owned by Lord Cawley near Leominster in June 2015. Cawley did not give the pair permission to detect on his land and could be in line for a reward for the recovered items.”
How can they possible justify jailing these guys when they’re giving rapists and other violent offenders community sentences?