Treasure thief sentenced for five more years in jail for failing to pay back over £600,000 of criminal proceeds

A detectorist who stole an estimated £3m worth of Viking treasure has been sentenced to a further five years and three months in prison after failing to pay back over £600,000. Layton Davies, formerly of Pontypridd, was jailed in 2019 for concealing the finding of the treasure and theft after he sold rare Viking and

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