Prof caught stealing panties
2008-02-23 22:14
Singapore - A Singaporean professor who
nicked bras and panties has pleaded guilty to stealing women's
underwear from a university dormitory, a local newspaper
reported on Saturday.
The 39-year old man - an associate professor in a Chinese
university - was charged for taking women's underwear from a
university hostel's clothes-line last December, the Straits
Times reported.
The Singaporean professor, who teaches in China, was in the
city-state for his leave when he committed the crime.
He was
caught by a dormitory security guard who found female
undergarments in his haversack.
"I have heard stories before about underwear being stolen,
but I never thought it would happen to me," a victim, who was
not named, was quoted as saying.
A lawyer for the professor was reported as saying his
client suffers from a psychiatric disorder and has been taking
women's underwear since he was 14.
The lawyer also said that his client was an honourable and
kind person who had no intention of causing annoyance to the
underwear owners.