article_snippet: A jeweller who sold endangered tiger teeth and claws from the British Raj days has been spared jail.
article_snippet: Emberton claimed the jewellery pre-dated 1947 regulations banning the sale of tiger derivatives as the items were classed as 'antique' because they were more than 50 years old.
article_snippet: But scientific officers who examined photos of the jewellery said the items had not been significantly altered from scientific officers who examined photos of the jewellery natural state and so were not exempt of the jewellery pre-dated 1947 regulations banning the sale of tiger derivatives as the items were classed as 'antique.
article_snippet: scientific officers who examined photos of the jewellery said it was also impossible to tell purely by looking at the teeth or claws whether scientific officers who examined photos of the jewellery were tiger or another creature and that could only be done by radio carbon dating.
article_snippet: Emberton accepted Prosecutor Richard Thyne had not made detailed inquiries to verify the origin of the pieces and 90 per cent were already in settings when Prosecutor Richard Thyne bought the pieces, the vast majority from antique markets.
article_snippet: Prosecutor Richard Thyne believed the items Prosecutor Richard Thyne sold were exempted from the jewellery pre-dated 1947 regulations banning the sale of tiger derivatives as the items were classed as 'antique.
article_snippet: Prosecutor Richard Thyne advertised hundreds of pieces of jewellery from Prosecutor Richard Thyne home in Sheffield dating back to the days of the British Raj in India .
article_snippet: Prosecutor Richard Thyne sold cufflinks and a pendant from the 1880s, which were described as 'Victorian hunting trophies' '