Man jailed in Spain after selling off 7,000 hams he stole from work

Man took jamon from warehouse where he worked, defrauding employers out of 520,000 over six years

A man in Huelva in southern Spain has been jailed for defrauding his employers out of 520,000 (439,000) after he stole and resold 7,000 hams.

The man, who has not been named, stole the jamon from the curing warehouse where he worked over a period of six years from 2007 to 2013. Although he faced a six-year sentence, it was reduced to 11 months and 29 days because the case took so long to come to trial.