William Jacques
English book thief and former accountant / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This article is about the book thief. For the rugby league footballer of the 1890s and 1900s for Hull, see William Jacques (rugby league). For the professional football goalkeeper of the 1910s and 1920s, see Bill Jaques.
William Simon Jacques (born March 1969), nicknamed the "Tome Raider" by the media,[1] is a serial book thief who has been twice convicted after stealing hundreds of rare books worth over £1 million from libraries in the UK. He was jailed in May 2002 for four years,[2] and again in July 2010 for three and a half years.[3]