Prosecutors demanded a five-year prison sentence for a French wine waiter who admitted stealing hundreds of old paintings and other works of art worth millions of dollars from museums across Europe.
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A 32-year-old wine waiter who admitted stealing 239 pictures and museum exhibits, some worth millions of dollars, told a Swiss court Tuesday that he embarked on his six-year crime spree across Europe out of fascination for the beauty of art.
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Barrie Larvin, a British former wine waiter and now wine chief at Las Vegas'Rio Suite Hotel and Casino, paid the 242, 000 pounds ( nearly dlrs 400, 000 ) for what Sotheby's call a " superlot " of 1, 800 bottles.
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When a dozen bottles of Chateau Mouton Rothschild 1982 went for 5, 500 pounds ( dlrs 9, 075 ), Larvin, a former wine waiter at London's Dorchester Hotel, left the sale rooms for a break and said he might not bid any more.
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A French wine waiter who admitted taking 239 pictures and museum exhibits worth tens of millions of dollars and hiding them in his bedroom told a Swiss court Tuesday that his seven-year crime spree across Europe was motivated by his fascination with art.
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A French wine waiter who admitted stealing 239 paintings and museum exhibits worth tens _ if not hundreds _ of millions of dollars told a Swiss court Tuesday that he embarked on his six-year crime spree across Europe out of deep fascination with art.
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Hits by Australasian artists also included " Hands Out of My Pocket " ( 9 ) by Cold Chisel, " The Winner Is . . . " ( 9 ) by Southend with Nik Fish and " More Wine Waiter Please " ( 10 ) by The Poor.
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A French wine waiter who admitted taking 239 pictures and museum exhibits worth tens _ if not hundreds _ of millions of dollars and hiding them in his bedroom told a Swiss court Tuesday that he embarked on his seven-year crime spree across Europe out of fascination for the beauty of art.
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A 32-year-old wine waiter who admitted taking 239 pictures and museum exhibits worth tens _ if not hundreds _ of millions of dollars and hiding them in his bedroom told a Swiss court Tuesday that he embarked on his seven-year crime spree across Europe out of fascination for the beauty of art.
