Overview
- Liam Middleton-Gomm, 36, admitted two counts of burgling Hirst’s Thames Wharf Studios at a hearing at Kingston Crown Court.
- The court was told the haul totalled about £5,210, with roughly £500 of goods later recovered from his father’s address.
- Middleton-Gomm also pleaded guilty to two separate home burglaries on July 9 and July 17 and an attempted burglary on July 9.
- Leslie Gomm, 62, previously pleaded guilty to handling stolen goods for his son’s benefit between June 29 and July 8.
- Neighbours reported that none of Hirst’s celebrated works were taken, with the intruder understood to have passed more valuable pieces.