Iranian millionaire jailed for stealing pages from rare British Library books
16th January 2009
Hakimzadeh, who is a director of the Iranian Heritage Foundation and a published author, pleaded guilty to 14 counts of theft in May.
He was jailed for two years at Wood Green Crown Court on Friday.
The 10 British Library works which he admitted defacing were worth £71,000 alone.
Two years seems … inadequate.
Well, being Iranian he’s probably a Muslim, so we ought to do it the Muslim way: Cut his hand off.