MANY ABBEY RETURNS; Theatre gets precious prints back after 25 years - from thief with a guilty conscience.(News)

From: The People (London, England) | Date: July 4, 1999| Author: | Copyright information

A THIEF who stole five magnificent photos from Ireland's top theatre suddenly returned them this week... 25 years later.

The man hired a cab driver to take the irreplaceable pictures to the door of Dublin's Abbey Theatre.

He explained that the thief had been overcome by a guilty conscience.

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