An Iraqi court has overturned the conviction and 15-year sentence handed to a British pensioner last month for antiquities smuggling, the retiree’s lawyer said Tuesday.<\/p>\n
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The conviction of James Fitton has been “overturned today by the Court of Cassation and my client will soon be free”, lawyer Thaer Saoud told AFP.<\/p>\n
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“We are very pleased by the decision, but we are still waiting for his release,” his son-in-law, Sam Tasker, told AFP in a phone call.<\/p>\n
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Fitton had been charged under a 2002 law against “intentionally taking or trying to take out of Iraq an antiquity”.<\/p>\n
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