A retired teacher in Haidian District of Beijing began serving a sentence of 13 months last weekend for shoplifting, which also dragged her family into the mire.

The woman, surnamed Qiao, was so addicted to shoplifting that she stole almost everything when she shopped. One of her rooms was fully loaded with stolen goods. She was caught red-handed at a supermarket last year. Police also charged her husband and son as accomplices, saying they carried some of the stolen items back to their hometown in Shanxi Province. The status of their case is unknown.

(Beijing News)