Abduction Cup caused an international scandal Bashny.Net

Three months before the championship cup was on display in the exhibition hall next to Westminster Abbey. He was under the clock security, as it represents great value, both symbolic and material (cup was made of gilded silver and decorated with lapis lazuli).



Nevertheless, March 20, 1966 someone snuck in through the back door, broke the shop window and fled the precious statuetkoy.Pohischenie Cup caused an international scandal, and all the police forces were sent to search for the thief. Soon came the anonymous note ransom of 15 thousand pounds.

Detectives managed to arrest the person who sent it, but he was only an intermediary, and knew only the nickname of the thief - The pole. He declined to say where the cup, unless the government promised to reduce his prison sentence.



But the authorities did not have to make a deal with the offender. A couple of days later, David Corbett, a resident of Norwood, south London district brought to walk his dog named Pickles.

Animals showed a bundle hidden in the bushes, and attracted the attention of the owner. Unfolding bundle Corbett saw the statue, which, being a football fan, immediately recognized the stolen kubok.Pikls instantly became famous and became a national hero.

When Britain won the cup, as a bonus, Pickles was invited to a banquet, and he was allowed to lick the plate clean room. David Corbett received a £ 6,000 fee (including inflyatsii- about 175,000 pounds in 2010), which bought a new house.

The man who stole the cup never been poyman.No misadventures Cup did not end there. In 1983, he was kidnapped in Rio de Janeiro, and since then it has not been seen.

In 1967, Pickles, unfortunately died from choking on his leash during the pursuit of a neighbor kotom.v 2006 Michael Chaplin wrote the story - & quot; Pickles: a dog that won the World Cup & quot ;.