Retired French electrician and wife guilty of 'receiving' stolen Picasso hoard

He had claimed the pile of sketches, drawings and “crumpled paper” was no more than a dull-looking gift that he left in a cardboard box in his garage for 40 years. But Pierre Le Guennec, a retired electrician from the Côte d’Azur, and his wife, Danielle, were convicted on Friday of possessing stolen goods in the form of a staggering cache of 271 works by Pablo Picasso, reports The Guardian.