A British sculptor received a nine-month prison sentence for having stolen human bodies in the Royal College of surgery. 42-year-old Noël Kelly was accused of having stolen limps and heads from some 35 bodies. Police found in his home two human heads as well as a torso and several legs, feet and arms. The artist had been suspected of such crime after an exhibition held in London last year and during which visitors noticed that he had used moulds of human remains to produce his works.
A British sculptor received a nine-month prison sentence for having stolen human bodies in the Royal College of surgery. 42-year-old Noël Kelly was accused of having stolen limps and heads from some 35 bodies. Police found in his home two human heads as well as a torso and several legs, feet and arms. The artist had been suspected of such crime after an exhibition held in London last year and during which visitors noticed that he had used moulds of human remains to produce his works.