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Mental illness made me do it: Steal lingerie

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From IOL:

Taipei - A Taiwan man has been sentenced to eight months in jail for stealing women's lingerie, a newspaper reported on Friday. Chang Cheng-wei, 31, from Taichung City in central Taiwan, has stolen at least 109 pieces of lingerie over the past three years.

The report said a woman had been losing lingerie drying on the wash-line on her balcony for a long time. So she installed a security camera, which caught Chang in the act.

Chang claimed he suffered from mental illness which caused him to steal lingerie and pleaded for leniency, but the judge said that if Chang was ill, he should have seen a doctor. Since he had disturbed local residents' lives, he deserved to be put in jail. - Saoa-dpa

[Image from—where else?—Frederick's of Hollywood.]

Comments

What a fine (potential) final posting for 2006- visually speaking of course.
Have a Happy Happy New Year.

http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/news/state/061229undergarment.html

Another interesting undergarment story...

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Liz Spikol is senior contributing editor of Philadelphia Weekly. She writes the award-winning column The Trouble With Spikol, which began as a chronicle of her struggle with mental illness, and has since expanded into humorous musings on everything from graphic novels to how to use a mop. She also writes the paper's book review column, Lit Gloss. This blog -- named one of the Top 10 Bipolar Blogs of 2007 by PsychCentral -- is about mental illness policy, news, personal journeys and more.