The man accused of stealing one of the world's most famous portraits from Ottawa's Château Laurier hotel and switching it for a fa...

The man accused of stealing one of the world's most famous portraits from Ottawa's Château Laurier hotel and switching it for a fake during a COVID-19 lockdown has pleaded guilty to three of the six charges against him. The theft made international headlines and led Ottawa police investigators on a hunt spanning several countries and two continents. They finally determined the portrait had been purchased through a London auction house by a man in Genoa, Italy. The buyer had no idea he'd acquired a cherished piece of Canadian history — let alone a stolen one — and when contacted by police, he quickly agreed to return it. https://lnkd.in/gpKZh6sH