LBC/IRN · London Broadcasting Company

Title

Tom Keating copied old masters

Genre

News report

TX Date

27 Feb 1979

Year of production

1979

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Duration

00:02:50

Description

Ken Dennis(?) reports on the trial of Tom Keating. Geraldine Norman, auction correspondent of the Times, exposed Keating who was copying old masters’ paintings. Keating was charged along with with antiques dealer Lionel Evans; they denied deception and conspiracy, although his mistress Jane Kelly admitted five cases of deception. The trial was halted and the jury dismissed because of Keating’s ill health. All charges were dropped against Keating; Evans pleaded guilty to a charge of deception and received a six-month suspended sentence; Jane Kelly received an 18-month suspended sentence. Sound level low.

Further information

http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/the-fakers-moll-1077511.html.

Contributors

Ken Dennis(?)

Keywords

Fraud; Crime; Conspiracy; Trials; Art; Paintings; Sentencing; Painting; Antique dealers; Tom Keating; Lionel Evans; Jane Kelly

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