Thieves smashed their way in and ripped out the functional 18-carat, solid gold toilet hours after a glamorous launch party at the Oxfordshire stately home in September 2019. James 'Jimmy' Sheen, 40, pleaded guilty to burglary, transferring criminal property and conspiracy to do the same in 2024, while Michael Jones, 39, was found guilty of burglary in March. The men, from Oxford, were sentenced to four years and two years and three months in prison respectively.

Sheen was a key player in the heist - a career criminal and the only man convicted of both burglary and selling the gold. He pleaded guilty last year after police found his DNA at the scene and gold fragments in his clothing.

Police also recovered his phone which contained a wealth of incriminating messages. Shan Saunders, the senior crown prosecutor on the case, said it was "unusual to have a phone that when downloaded contains so much information". (BBC/ Blenheim Palace)