Fleeing shoplifter forgets sonAMSTERDAM (Rooters) - 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 the 45-year-old thief made a solo dash to his car, batting away a supermarket worker who had flung himself on the vehicles' 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 Thursday, a police spokeswoman said.
I think the supermarket should have sold the boy, to get back their money, in Amsterdam, I'm sure they would have found a buyer, and a 12-years old boy should sell at least as much as a packet of meat - if not higher.