Episode 3: The Defence

The Trial

Daily Mail

True Crime

4.2 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 28 February 2025

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

In this episode Caroline and Jack have the evidence of one of the defendants in the case. Michael Jones told the jury he was not carrying out reconnaissance missions at Blenheim Palace in the days before the theft of the solid gold toilet. He said he was visiting the exhibitions because he found the art intriguing. We also heard that the artist who created the loo was behind a piece of art which featured a banana duck-taped to a wall. It sold for over £5million. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to the trial podcast, the trial of the Golden Toilet.
0:10.1	I'm Caroline Cheatham.
0:11.9	And I'm Jack Hardy.
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0:59.1	The initial report seemed to be almost ludicrous.
1:03.3	The theft of an 18-carat solid gold toilet worth an estimated $6 million from Blenheim Palace in Oxford.
1:12.1	Thames Valley Police is investigating the burglary of a piece of art from Blenon Palace
1:17.5	in the early hours of this morning.
1:20.0	But this was no prank, and it was no ordinary burglary.
1:23.3	It was described as a 5am smash and grab,
1:26.7	and it blew people away for its audaciousness.
1:30.4	The 80-carat throne was fully operational and even available for visitors to use at their convenience.
1:37.5	Police are trying to flush the robbers out.
1:54.0	The fully functioning loo was called America, and it was designed by an Italian artist called Maurizio Catalan as part of an exhibition.
2:00.0	Visitors could even book a three-minute slot if they were desperate to use it. But in the early hours of September
2:02.9	the 14th in 2019, thieves broke into the palace, incidentally where Winston Churchill was born
2:09.7	and stole it. James Sheen has already pleaded guilty to his part in the theft. Now, three
2:16.2	others will go on trial
2:17.6	after pleading not guilty to their involvement.
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