A FIFTH man was arrested yesterday in relation to the theft of a Leonardo da Vinci masterpiece worth up to £40 million. The Madonna of the Yarnwinder was stolen in an audacious daylight robbery from Drumlanrig Castle, near Thornhill in Dumfries and Galloway, in August 2003. Police retrieved the 500-year-old artwork, which has been valued at between £15 million and £40 million, in a raid on a solicitors’ office in Glasgow earlier this month. Brown was taken to Dumfries and Galloway Police headquarters where he was questioned then arrested by officers investigating the theft. Submit your questions to Geraldine Gammell , director of The Prince’s Trust Scotland, and see her responses in SoS’s Debate page on Nov. Diverse and dynamic - from business travel, local student info to green news >> scotsman. read more

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