CHICAGO ? A federal judge in Chicago has convicted a 73-year-old reputed mobster who'd been imprisoned three decades ago for helping to steal the 45-carat Marlborough Diamond from a London jewelry store.
Judge Harry Leinenweber found Arthur "The Brain" Rachel guilty on three of four counts, including racketeering.
Rachel grimaced and shook his head slightly when the judge read the verdicts.
Two co-defendants had pleaded guilty earlier.
The case drew attention partly because of the defendants' advanced ages when they're accused of planning several apparently botched robberies.
But prosecutor Amarjeet Bhachu says the men were far from goofs. He says "you don't have to be a weightlifter" to pull the trigger of a gun and hurt people.
Rachel was imprisoned in Britain in the diamond theft. The diamond was never recovered.
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