Ex railway worker admits handing £400k of items nicked from Damien Hirst

A former railway worker who handled £400,000 worth of clothes and musical equipment stolen from artist Damien Hirst is facing jail. Leslie Gomm, 61, admitted handling stolen goods while his son, Liam, 36, has now been charged with burgling Hirst’s studio at Thames Wharf in Hammersmith. Among the stolen items belonging to Hirst were unique T-shirts, twelve ‘specially adapted jackets’ and jeans designed by him, along with a set of hi-tech speakers. Hirst is one of the world’s richest artists…

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