Rejected petition Help Diver: Vincent Woolsgrove. Imprisoned for 2 years

Diver Vincent Woolsgrove, has been sentenced to two years in prison for finding shipwrecked articles and selling them. He has been sentenced to two years in prison and ordered to pay £35,000 court costs. Peadophilles get 6 month suspended sentence, they are a risk to the public notVincent Woolsgrove

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http://www.itv.com/news/meridian/2015-09-04/jailed-the-diver-who-lied-over-historic-canons-he-took-from-a-sunken-warship/

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Date submitted 5 September 2015
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