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published in 1623. chris buckler reports. reporter: raymond scott presented himself as an international playboy. he wore designer clothes, announcing on this previous occasion, he arrived in a stretch limousine, with champagne, cigars and a pot of instant noodles. now, is the winter of our discontent. reporter: scott actually lived with his mother and claimed benefits. at the sentencing, he was soberly dressed. although cleared of stealing the folio from durham university library he was accused of mishanding the book. worth millions of fines and almost 400 years old, it went missing for a decade before it turned up with scott in america. judge richard lowden said scott had tried to sell the stolen book, to fund a ludicrously extravagant lifestyle and
impress a woman he met on holiday. scott was described as a fantasist. and the judge said he carried out an act of severe cultural vandalism in order to get rich. he said that was complicated and aggravated by the fact that he tried to sell the quintessentially english treasure abroad. raymond scott is a petty criminal. that s what he has been for many years. when he chanced across this first folio, he took it to another level. and he took it to a level of criminality that was out of his depth. reporter: the first folio is regarded as the most reliable source text for many of shakespeare s plays. now, at the center of another remarkable tale. raymond scott, the man who planned out that drama, has found himself a tragic figure, sentenced to a total of eight years in prison. chris buckler, bbc news. interesting numbers on the first folio. there s about 750 copies were printed. about a third survived. most of them are incomplete. there s about 40 complete pipipipipipipipipipipipipip
it is the largest oil accident in marine waters ever. emily schmidt is joining us now from washington with the latest. good morning, emily. reporter: rob and vinita, good morning to you. bp needs some patience. it s handling one more small setback in permanently plugging that well. but it believes today is the day the static kill may get under way. bp says it will have to try a bit longer to try its 11th plan to stop the oil. monday s testing showed a small hydraulic leak on a containment cap. it must be plugged before the static kill begins, potentially today. scientists say it looks good. the chances are up around 95%, 99%. reporter: the static kill requires heavy mud, and lots of it, to push the oil back in the reservoir. it will fill a two-mile well hole and kill the well, before a cement injection permanently fills the well. it s reason for optimism in a region where divers say it s increasingly difficult to fi oil. we went offshore looking for oil. and made fo
veterans that remains the plan. that is exactly what we are doing. as promised, and on schedule. reporter: when president obama took office in january 2009, there were 144,000 u.s. troops in iraq. by the end of this month, more than 90,000 of those troops will have come home. a transitional force of 50,000 troops will remain in-country, to train iraqi security forces, provide security for ongoing u.s. civilian efforts and conduct counterterrorism operations. our commitment in iraq is changing a military effort led by our troops to a civilian effort led by our diplomats. reporter: as the iraqi withdrawal continues, the u.s. has increased the u.s. commitment in afghanistan, ordering a surge of 30,000 additional troops for the mission there, that is almost 9 years and counting. in afghanistan were to be engulfed by even wider insurgency, al qaeda and its terrorist affiliates would have even more space to plan their next attack. reporter: according to the latest abc n