An Iraqi court sentenced a British man to 15 years in prison on Monday for trying to smuggle ancient artifacts out of the country, a Reuters reporter and judicial sources said.
Iraqi authorities had arrested James Fitton, 66, at Baghdad International Airport in March for carrying small fragments of ancient pottery in his baggage.
A German man arrested alongside Fitton, Wolker Waldmann, was acquitted of the same charges.
(Reporting by Charlotte Bruneau, Ahmed Rasheed, writing by John Davison)
