7 August 2007: Grounded!

A Sicilian mother took her son's house keys off him and stopped his pocket money after he came home late one time too many.

The woman then dragged her son to the local police station, and asked the police to "convince this blockhead to behave properly".

"My son does not respect me," she said. "He doesn't tell me where he's going in the evenings and returns home late. He is never happy with the food I make and always complains. This can't go on."

The police declined to take action. Her son is 61 years old.