Shoplifting for shame claimed

Berlin - Every third condom used in Germany is a stolen one, the Berliner Morgenpost newspaper reported yesterday.

Berlin - Every third condom used in Germany is a stolen one, the Berliner Morgenpost newspaper reported yesterday.

The paper quoted a retailers' spokesman, Mr Thomas Werz, as saying feelings of shame among Germans with regard to sexual activity led them to shoplift 38 per cent of the condoms they use.

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