Man Sentenced for Involvement in ‘Scream’ Heist

Edvard Munch’s “Scream,” one of two paintings stolen in 2004.A man who admitted his role in the theft of the Edvard Munch painting “The Scream” was sentenced Monday to two and a half years in prison by a court in Oslo, The Associated Press reported. The man, Bjoern Hoen, 41, had been found guilty by a Norwegian appeals court of providing the getaway vehicle that was used in the daytime heist. On Aug. 22, 2004, the Munch Museum in Oslo was raided by two armed masked men, who took “The Scream” as

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