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15/05/2014
Divers Guilty Of Not Declaring Valuable Items From Shipwrecks
Two divers from Kent have pleaded guilty to not declaring valuable items from shipwrecks off the UK coast.
David Knight and Edward Huzzey, both from Sandgate, admitted to 19 offences between them, contrary to section 236 and section 237 of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995.
Items were taken from shipwrecks off the Kent coast, with the first known objects removed in 2001. The shipwrecks targeted included German submarines from World War I and an unknown 200 year old wreck carrying English East India Company cargo.
The items included 8 bronze cannons, 3 propellers from German submarines, lead and tin ingots, along with various other artefacts. It's thought the combined value of the items is worth more than £250,000.
The Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) is aware from diary entries that Knight and Huzzey used explosives and sophisticated cutting equipment to free wreck material.
Sentencing is t take place on 2 July 2014.
(CVS/CD)
David Knight and Edward Huzzey, both from Sandgate, admitted to 19 offences between them, contrary to section 236 and section 237 of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995.
Items were taken from shipwrecks off the Kent coast, with the first known objects removed in 2001. The shipwrecks targeted included German submarines from World War I and an unknown 200 year old wreck carrying English East India Company cargo.
The items included 8 bronze cannons, 3 propellers from German submarines, lead and tin ingots, along with various other artefacts. It's thought the combined value of the items is worth more than £250,000.
The Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) is aware from diary entries that Knight and Huzzey used explosives and sophisticated cutting equipment to free wreck material.
Sentencing is t take place on 2 July 2014.
(CVS/CD)
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