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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