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Judges show mercy for girl on her 18th birthday
(China Daily)
Updated: 2009-06-24 10:10

A girl who was sentenced to 10 months in jail with a one-year reprieve for larceny was released partly because it was her 18th birthday.

Judges at the juvenile court in Haidian district, Beijing, invited her parents from Henan province to hear the case on Thursday.

She stole 4,000 yuan from her parents for a trip to Beijing last October. After she used up the money, she stole 6,000 yuan ($731) worth of property and cash on college campuses in Beijing five times and was caught red-handed in January.