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Book thief gets bail after university admission

(China Daily)
Updated: 2009-07-24 10:49

A court in Changchun, Jilin province, released a high school graduate charged with larceny on bail after he got admission in a university on Thursday.

The 19-year-old, who belongs to a poverty-stricken family, was captured red-handed trying to steal books from a library on July 5.

Just days later, he received a letter of admission from a local university.

After learning the student's story, a lawyer decided to argue his case, providing the court with a series of documents that proved an unblemished past.

The court released the boy on bail so that he could attend university.

(New Culture View)