The Sun (Malaysia)

85-YEAR-OLD CHARGED IN EARRING HEIST

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WASHINGTON: An 85-year-old jewellery thief was back behind bars on Tuesday, charged with stealing a pair of US$690 (RM2,940) earrings from an Atlanta store in the latest caper of her decades-long career as a jet-setting burglar with sparkling taste. Doris Payne was caught pocketing a pair of Christian Dior earrings from a Saks Fifth Avenue store in Atlanta on Friday, according to a police report. A 2013 documentar­y, The Life and Crimes of Doris Payne, chronicled her 60-year, US$2 million career as a jewellery thief. – Reuters

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