![]() They also caused great anxiety for my sainted mother, but other than that achieved nothing.' Most of them were new and could be bought at Waterstone's. ![]() The police are welcome to ask me anything, including my inside leg measurement, which for the record is 31-and-a-half inches, but I've not done anything wrong.' 'I'm afraid the celebrations at the University of Durham were premature - it is not the manuscript that was stolen. 'I even suggested the Washington Post should be contacted about my discovery, which is not the act of a person with something to hide. I came by the manuscript through contacts in Cuba and took it to the Folger Shakespeare Library. It all culminated in a raid last week on Mr Scott's two-bed semi in Washington, Tyne and Wear, during which detectives seized more than 60 boxes of books.Īn indignant Mr Scott said: 'I have done nothing wrong. Instead library staff alerted the FBI, which contacted the British Embassy, which contacted Durham University, which contacted the police. To that end, he said, he presented it to the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington DC.įar from wanting to sell it he wanted to publicise his 'discovery'. He had been contacted by three friends in Cuba who had allowed him to take it out of the country so that experts could confirm its authenticity. They plan to marry in November at the Diana Memorial Garden in Havana, he said, adding: 'She's lovely.'Īs for the Shakespeare book, he said he had not bought it. 'I have been going to Cuba for the last 12 years - since I started to smoke cigars.' ![]()
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