This episode is about a crime that left many red-faced - you might even say that it left them feeling flushed ...

This case was written and research by Victoria. 

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MAIN CASE REFERENCES click each number to be taken straight to sources

1 The Economic Times YouTube Channel. Caught on cam: £4.8 m gold toilet stolen from UNESCO World Heritage Site 'Blenheim Palace'

2 No sign of £4.8m golden toilet stolen from Blenheim Palace, two years on. bbc.co.uk/news. 14th September 2021.

3 Three men convicted in connection with Blenheim Palace golden toilet burglary. www.thamesvalley.police.uk/news/. 18th March 2025.

4 Two men jailed for £4.8m gold toilet heist. bbc.co.uk/news. 13th June 2025

5 ATM thefts: Six men from organised crime group jailed. bbc.co.uk/news. 20th May 20226 Coventry car chase gunmen jailed for 28years. coventrytelegraph.net. 25th April 20137 John Henry Sheen v James Sheen The Queen. vlex.co.uk. Court notes.8 Prosecution sets out the case against Oxfordshire gang that targeted ATMs and farm equipment. oxfordmail.co.uk/news. 20th May 2022. By Tom Seaward. 9 Full story of how Jimmy Sheen's gang of ATM thieves were caught by Oxfordshire police oxfordmail.co.uk/news. 22nd May 2022. By Tom Seaward.10 Gang made off with armfuls of trophies in Newmarket Horseracing Museum heist, trial told. Oxfordshire Police. oxfordmail.co.uk/news. 10th March 2022. By Tom Seaward.

11 Golden toilet 'returned' to Blenheim Palace 'under watch'. oxfordmail.co.uk/news. 17th June 2025. By Charlotte Coles.

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