Judge jails remaining six of 'Rathkeale Rovers' gang for 'plunder' of 'priceless' rhino horns

Members of a skilled organised criminal gang at the heart of a £57m conspiracy to "plunder" British museums of rhino horn and other priceless Chinese artefacts have been jailed for up to six-and-a-half years.

Judge jails remaining six of 'Rathkeale Rovers' gang for 'plunder' of 'priceless' rhino horns

Members of a skilled organised criminal gang at the heart of a £57m conspiracy to "plunder" British museums of rhino horn and other priceless Chinese artefacts have been jailed for up to six-and-a-half years.

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.

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