German court hits self-service fraudster hard

A German man has been fined €208,000 for putting veal liver (costing €47) through a self-service checkout as fruit. Munich's district court convicted the 58-year-old businessman, who has not been named, of theft and based the penalty on his monthly income of €24,000.

He previously tried to cheat self-service systems on three occasions and also has convictions for tax evasion. The man has been released from jail, where he had been held since the latest incident in December.