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BAGHDAD — An Iraqi court has overturned the conviction and 15-year sentence handed to a British pensioner last month for antiquities smuggling, the retiree's lawyer said on Tuesday.James Fitton had been charged under a 2002 law against "intentionally taking or trying to take out of Iraq an antiquity", the maximum penalty for which under the country's legal code is death by

James Fitton, a retired geologist who took the objects as souvenirs of a guided tour, is expected to be released soon.

Jim Fitton, jailed for 15 years in Iraq for alleged smuggling, will "soon be free", his lawyer says.

Family of retired geologist Jim Fitton, 66, ‘over the moon’ after court quashes 15-year jail sentence

An Iraqi court has overturned the conviction and 15-year sentence handed to a British pensioner last month for antiquities smuggling, the retiree's lawyer said Tuesday. The conviction of James Fitton has been "overturned today by the Court of Cassation and my client will soon be free", lawyer Thaer Saoud told AFP. "We are very pleased by the decision, but we are still waiting for his release," his son-in-law, Sam Tasker, told AFP in a phone call. Fitton had been charged ...

Jim Fitton was sentenced to 15 years in prison in June after being accused of taking fragments from a historical site in the country

An Iraqi court has overturned the conviction of the British geologist jailed for smuggling antiquities in May, his lawyer, Thaer Saoud, said.

An Iraqi court has overturned the conviction and 15-year sentence handed to a British pensioner last month for antiquities smuggling, the retirees lawyer said Tuesday

An Iraqi court has overturned the conviction and 15-year sentence handed to a British pensioner last month for antiquities smuggling, pictured right, the retirees lawyer said Tuesday.