Antiques Roadshow expert died following a psychotic episode, inquest hears

Mrs Gibson-Watt, a jewellery specialist for Sotheby’s who appeared as an expert on Antiques Roadshow, passed away on November 20, 2012 at the age of 34, just four weeks after she gave birth to her first child, Chiara. She died in hospital as the result of a cardiac arrest and injury to her liver. Yesterday, […]

Antiques dealer sold gangsters pre-war handguns & homemade bullets, court hears

Published time: 24 Feb, 2017 13:37 An antique firearms dealer supplied ammunition to the UK’s criminal underworld that was later used in two murders, and during the 2011 riots, a court has heard. Antiquarian Paul Edmunds, 65, is accused of using his “encyclopaedic knowledge” of firearms law to import hundreds of pre-war handguns from the […]

Commando was at ‘breaking point’ when he executed unarmed insurgent, court hears

Royal Marine Commando Alex Blackman was at ‘breaking point’ when he executed a wounded, unarmed insurgent with a single shot to the chest while quoting Shakespeare, an appeal court has heard. Blackman is currently serving a life sentence for the 2011 battlefield execution, which was caught on camera. His second appeal began Tuesday and is […]