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Thief compensates victim
18/07/2006 14:27 - (SA)
Berlin - Overcome with remorse at having
stolen a bicycle, a thief in Germany wrote the victim a letter
and fully recompensed him for the loss, police said on Monday.
After the theft in the Bavarian village of Bidingen was
reported, police in nearby Marktoberdorf made an appeal in a
local paper for any witnesses to the crime to come forward.
Soon afterwards, the victim received an anonymous letter
from the thief containing €400 in cash - the
exact value of the bicycle according to the police notice.
"The thief also told the man he was sorry he couldn't
remember where he'd left the bike," said police spokesperson
Gerhard Kreis.
"He may just have been a thoroughly honest person
who saw the error of his ways. You still get them you know."
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