Accused ‘Bog of Gold’ burglar says he was in bed when toilet was nicked

A roofer accused of stealing a £4.8m golden toilet from Blenheim Palace said he had taken a picture of the window the raiders broke in through because ‘he liked the view.’ Michael Jones, 38, allegedly helped grab the glittering lavatory pan from Winston Churchill’s birthplace in an ‘audacious’ raid which lasted just five minutes. Jurors have seen dramatic CCTV footage of two cars arriving at the front of the palace in the darkness before security beamed floodlights onto them as…