A Finnish judge has gone easy on map thief Melvin Nelson Perry:
British citizen Melvin Nelson Perry, 45, was given an 18-month prison sentence on Tuesday for stealing six valuable maps from the map collection of Finnish explorer A. E. Nordenskiöld from the library of the University of Helsinki in February this year. In spite of his prison sentence, Perry walked out of Helsinki District Court a free man, as he was not immediately ordered into custody. It is unlikely that he will ever have to serve his time unless he decides to come to Finland voluntarily.
Perry has not yet decided if he plans to appeal his sentence. He said that he would be willing to do community service, \”but not in a public library\”, he added.
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