Code-breaker Alan Turing's mementoes back at old school...with help of the FBI

SECOND World War codebreaker Alan Turing's prized possessions are back at his old school 39 years after their bizarre theft.

- James Podesta

A woman claiming to be his daughter snatched the historic haul including his OBE and a congratulatory letter from George VI from Sherborne School, Dorset, in 1984.

It took an FBI raid, a US civil case and help from Buckingham Palace and the Met Police to finally bring them home.

The brazen theft saw a visitor called "Julia Turing" take the papers, including his Princeton degree, school reports and letters, after asking to view them.

She left a note saying they would be "well taken care of" before walking out of the door.