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    Mom drives son to rob jewelry store

    BERLIN
    Wed May 16, 2007 4:09pm EDT

    BERLIN (Reuters) - A 36-year-old German mother-of-five drove her son to a jewelry store he wanted to rob because she was afraid he may come to some harm, Bild newspaper reported Wednesday.

    Oddly Enough

    While her 17-year-old son and his two accomplices stabbed and robbed a jeweler in the eastern city of Dresden, the mother waited outside in the car.

    "I knew he wanted to rob the shop and I was very worried about him," top-selling Bild quoted the mother as saying.

    A court sentenced the woman to three years and ten months in prison, a spokeswoman for the court said.
    Oddly Enough


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