Two men jailed for £4.8m Blenheim Palace heist

Two men have been jailed for the theft of a £4.8m gold toilet from from an art exhibition at Blenheim Palace.

Thieves smashed their way in and ripped out the functional 18-carat, solid gold toilet, hours after a glamorous launch party at the Oxfordshire stately home in September 2019.

James ‘Jimmy’ Sheen, 40, pleaded guilty to burglary, transferring criminal property and conspiracy to do the same in 2024, while Michael Jones, 39, was found guilty of burglary in March.

The men, from Oxford, were sentenced to four years and two-and-a-half years in prison, respectively.