Nigel Oliver, the man who, as previously reported, was charged with trying to sell those stolen Beatles recordings, has been placed under a two year supervision order. Oliver was, as previously reported, found unfit to plead.
The judge in the case, Jeremy McMullen, said he would have considered a sentence of four years, had Oliver been fit to stand trial, but that, under the circumstances, he was handing out the supervision order instead, which involves medical supervision in mental care - Oliver has suffered from mental illness for some years. McCullen said: "It is necessary for the protection of the public that you take advantage of medication and treatment and counselling that you are getting."
Oliver was caught trying to sell the tapes, the last recordings that The Beatles ever made together, for about £250,000 back in 2003.