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Sorry thieves come to sorry end

(Reuters)
Updated: 2006-06-06 08:51

Two women who grabbed the jewelry of another woman outside a Malaysian shopping complex over the weekend were caught after they stopped to apologize to their victim, state news agency Bernama said Monday.

In the incident on the northern island of Penang, the women, aged 20 and 23, covered their victim's mouth while they apologized for taking her jewelry, saying they were single mothers who had to buy milk for their children.

But the woman screamed for help as soon as the thieves let go, and several security guards nearby caught them, the agency quoted a police official as saying.