(ANSA) - LONDON, 05 JAN - Medals, furnishings, photographs, watches and even clothing.
He stole everything Adam Canto, 37, while he was in the service of Queen Elizabeth as a very long-handed waiter.
He was sentenced to eight months in prison by a London court, Westminster Magistrates' Court, for his thefts at the Palace.
The Buckingham Palace attendant, who has a name of clear Italian family origins but was born and raised in Yorkshire (North England) as it emerged during the trial, had collected a loot valued at up to 100,000 pounds, according to the online Mail.
His very short-sighted plan was to resell the objects stolen from the sumptuous royal rooms and the souvenir shop on the eBay site, but to earn a rather small figure compared to the value of the goods: about 7,700 pounds.
Canto was hired as an assistant in the kitchens of Buckingham Palace in 2015 and carried out the thefts in the period from November 2019 to August 2020. Police had found part of his stolen goods in recent months and arrested him.
In the end the thief preferred to admit his faults.
He tried to justify himself by explaining that he was driven to steal by his economic problems and accumulated debts.
However, this did not spare him from prison.
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