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Repentant thief

A thief who stole 3,000 euros (2,000 pounds) from a German post office on Christmas Eve returned most of the loot a few hours later, but kept 1,000 euros for himself, Bavarian police told Reuters.

The thief with a guilty conscience called police in the Bavarian town of Maroldswiesach to apologise, saying he "made a stupid mistake" and then said he had put the money in an envelope and dropped it off at a local church. "Why his conscience was not bad enough to move him to return the whole 3,000 euros is not known," a police spokesman said after 2,000 euros was retrieved.

NIMI KURIAN

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