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Kadie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-24-04 12:36 PM
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Drug mugging great granny held
Drug mugging great granny held

Saturday, July 24, 2004 Posted: 6:52 AM EDT (1052 GMT)

ROME, Italy (Reuters) -- Italian police have arrested an 80-year-old great-grandmother suspected of drugging and robbing easily fooled victims for years to feed her gambling habit.

Vittoria Benetti was detained after her last victim, a 70-year-old woman travelling in the same train compartment, identified her in a photo, Italian media reported Saturday.

Benetti drugged her with a cup of coffee and then escaped with 1,000 euros ($1,226) which she promptly spent at a casino in neighboring Slovenia.

http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/07/24/italy.granny.reut/index.html
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