Remainder of ‘Rathkeale Rovers’ gang jailed
The group, dubbed the Rathkeale Rovers because of their links to the Limerick town, targeted high-value objects in a string of break-ins, including Cambridge’s Fitzwilliam Museum and twice at Durham’s Oriental Museum in 2012.
Judge Murray Creed heard that although the items stolen in Durham and Cambridge were valued at up to €22m, detectives believe they might have fetched more than three times that figure on the booming Chinese auction market.
