Posted by Peter H on July 02, 2000 at 20:31:55 from host62-7-179-58.host.btclick.com:
Dennis Green, 57, tried to make his collection of 3000 rare birds' eggs appear legitimate by forging false collection dates in the 1930s on them, i.e. making it look as if they pre-dated the Wildlife & Countryside Act 1981. Fortunately, someone in the police whom Dick Callum would have been proud of spotted that the labels were written by a felt-tip pen (not invented until the 1960s), and Mr Green was prosecuted and convicted. Now for the bad news. He got a conditional discharge. No Ransome readers in Liverpool Magistrates, evidently. (From the Times, 1 July)