SAO PAULO: A 19-year-old homeless man confessed to sawing the arms off a bronze statue of Pele and selling them to a scrap metal yard, police said on Thursday.
Jackson Conceicao, who was arrested on Wednesday in the north-eastern city of Salvador, also stole the bronze replica of the World Cup trophy above the statue’s head in mid-June. He’s been charged with theft and faces up to four years in prison.
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