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LONDON (Reuters) – A 45-year-old man suspected of attempting to steal an original copy of the Magna Carta 1215 in Salisbury Cathedral, in southern England, was arrested on Friday. the police.
The alarms were triggered when Thursday night, we tried to break the glass box containing the precious medieval charter.
"A man corresponding to the description given by the witnesses was arrested for suspicion of attempted theft, possession of an offensive weapon and criminal damage …", said Wiltshire police in a statement.
The parchment, one of four original copies still alive, was not damaged during the incident, they added.
One of the most important manuscripts in English history, the Magna Carta is a charter of the rights of citizens repressing the arbitrary power of medieval kings that guaranteed in particular the right to a fair trial.
King John agreed to affix his seal on the document in June 1215 at Runnymede, near Windsor, West London, to end the uprising of the rebel barons.
(Stephen Addison report, edited by Costas Pitas)
