Man accused of stealing portrait of Winston Churchill pleads guilty

ROARING LION: Thief who stole iconic Winston Churchill portrait pleads guilty

The celebrated return of the stolen portrait of Winston Churchill to its proper home, the Château Laurier's reading lounge, almost never happened.

Powasssan man accused of stealing portrait of Winston Churchill pleads guilty

The Powassan man accused of stealing an iconic portrait of former British prime minister Winston Churchill from Ottawa’s Chateau Laurier hotel has pleaded guilty.

Man accused of stealing portrait of Winston Churchill pleads guilty

Yousef Karsh's famous photo portrait of Winston was stolen and found in possession of an unaware buyer in Italy

Local man pleads guilty to stealing portrait of Winston Churchill

The discovery of the swap at the Chateau Laurier launched a global investigation that tracked the portrait to a British auction house and ultimately to a buyer in Italy who did not know he had purchased stolen art

Man accused of stealing Winston Churchill portrait from Fairmont Chateau Laurier pleads guilty

Jeffrey Wood submitted his plea in an Ottawa courtroom Friday morning, more than three years after the photograph disappeared from the hotel.

The thief of Winston Churchill's portrait pleaded guilty. Jeffrey Iain James Wood, 44, faced a total of 6 counts.