Auctioneer faces jail and huge fine over birds’ eggs

ONE of the North East’s best-known auctioneers faces a substantial fine and a possible prison sentence after being charged over the sale of an Edwardian collection of birds’ eggs.

Jim Railton, of Railtons in Alnwick, who was unaware that the sale of any British wild bird egg is i…

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