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Thief caught by hanger

An elderly German who hid a stolen suit under his clothes was caught because he forgot to take it off the hanger, police said Wednesday. A sales assistant at a men’s outfitter in the western city of Aachen noticed the hanger bulging out when the man told her he had decided against buying anything.

Local police told Reuters: “Only a sign saying ‘stop me, I’m a thief!’ would have made the thief look more unprofessional.”

This was posted in Bdaily's Members' News section by Ruth Mitchell .