Man jailed for attempting to steal Magna Carta from Salisbury Cathedral

Mark Royden convicted of attempted theft of the charter and criminal damage to display case

A man who attempted to steal a priceless copy of Magna Carta from Salisbury Cathedral to prove it was a fake has been jailed for four years.

In October 2018, Mark Royden, 47, went equipped with a claw hammer, gloves and safety goggles, tampered with a CCTV camera and set off a fire alarm to cause a distraction before smashing the document's protective case.