Thief leaves his son at the scene
AMSTERDAM: A shoplifter looking to make a quick getaway from a Dutch supermarket after stealing a packet of meat left police a crucial piece of evidence — his 12-year-old son.
In his haste to get away the 45-year-old thief made a solo dash to his car, batting away a supermarket worker who had flung himself on the vehicle’s bonnet in a bid to stop the escape.
Police in the southern Dutch town of Kerkrade said they managed to
contact the thief via the boy, but he had refused to return and collect his son. The man told officers to get hold of the youngster’s mother instead.
The thief later turned himself in on Thursday, a police spokeswoman said. REUTERS