Antiques dealer jailed for stealing painting from Chester Cathedral

Latvian Vasilijs Apilats, 61, sentenced to nine months for stealing painting worth about £2,000 in August 2014 A Latvian antiques dealer who stole a 19th century religious painting from a cathedral because he was besotted with the artwork has been jailed for nine months. The Raising Of Lazarus was torn from its easel on the altar in the chapel of Saint Anselm in Chester Cathedral, a quiet corner intended for prayer and reflection. In its place a cheap Christmas tree decoration of an angel was l...