18 May 2007: An over-protective mother

A German mother drove her son to a jeweller's, even though she knew he was going there to raid it. And while her 17-year-old son and his two accomplices attacked and robbed the jeweller, she waited outside in the car.

When arrested, the woman said she knew her son intended to rob the shop and accompanied him because she was worried he would come to harm.

In court, the judge was unimpressed by her motherly concern, and sentenced her to three years and ten months in prison for her part in the raid.