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    Man accused of Caboolture museum heist allegedly believed it was his 'duty' to return artefacts to 'rightful place', court told
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    Man accused of Caboolture museum heist allegedly believed it was his ‘duty’ to return artefacts to ‘rightful place’, court told

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    1. Devendrau on

      If he means Egypt, he’s not entirely wrong tbh. We should return artifacts back to their original owners (Including all other stuff the British colonised and stole)

    3. JacobAldridge on

      Turns out “the rightful place” was Cash Converters, but in his defence the guy working there had an Egyptian-sounding name…

    4. Tasha1A on

      He’s right, those artifacts belong with the rest of the important Egyptian artifacts in the British Museum.

    6. TapioNote on

      Hmm theoretically I can *kind of* get behind some of the sentiment. But personally, before even doing something like this, my first thought would be “gee I’m not a professional historian or artefact curator/expert and I might potentially do significant damage by incorrectly handling said items. Even if they morally don’t rightfully belong here, I would rather the artefacts be handled by professionals here than being shipped off by nobody amateurs like myself”. And from the article, it appears he did do significant damage… I just feel bad for the museum staff, curators, and professionals tbh

      That said, this is Caboolture, so I highly doubt he did it for some moral/ethical quest. Hope the meth made him happy

    8. Chained_Phoenix on

      I doubt the Egyptian museum would even want them… They do and should get a lot returned to them, but that’s the good stuff not these sort of items which would never go display in a museum in Cairo when they have so many better pieces like golden condoms.

    10. Infinite_Pudding5058 on

      This is the story that keeps on giving. This guy sees himself as some kind of modern, Egyptian Robin Hood.