Czech police find stolen skull of 13th-century saint and arrest man

Man admits to coating relic in concrete after taking it from church because he objected to it being displayed, police say

Czech police have found the skull of a 13th-century saint, days after it was stolen from a church in the north of the country.

Police said they had arrested a suspect, who they said admitted to taking the skull of Saint Zdislava of Lemberk from a glass shrine in the basilica of St Lawrence and St Zdislava in the town of Jablonné v Podještědí on Tuesday.