The man who stole the “Roaring Lion” portrait. Winston Churchill from Château Laurier in Ottawa will have a chance to appeal his conviction to the Supreme Court of Canada.
The famous image was captured by photographer Yousuf Karsh during Churchill’s wartime visit to the Canadian Parliament in December 1941.
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Jeffrey Wood stole the portrait in January 2022, replaced it with a cheap copy and sold the original through a London auction house.
The print was returned to public display at the Ottawa hotel with the help of authorities in the United Kingdom and Italy.
Wood was sentenced in May 2025 to two years less a day after pleading guilty to theft.
The Ontario Court of Appeal rejected his appeal of the conviction in a two-to-one decision.
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