A Texas college professor was convicted of criminal possession of items once owned by Canadian icon Glenn Gould, reports the Associated Press.

The New York City jury found Barbara Moore, 62, of Austin, Texas, guilty of two misdemeanour counts of criminal possession of stolen property after a three-day trial in Manhattan’s state Supreme Court.

The items were stolen from the Canadian Library and Archives in Ottawa in the late 1980s.

However, Moore was found not guilty of third-degree criminal possession of stolen property, fourth-degree grand larceny ad third-degree attempted grand larceny. Moore’s lawyer, Shane Michael Brooks, called this “a huge victory.”

Moore could face up to a year in jail is Brooks does not get the probation he is asking for.

Gould, a world-famous pianist, died in 1982 at the age of 50.

Moore attracted attention after selling certain Gould items to a New York dealer in December 2004.






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