Man who shoplifted 5 euros 17 yrs ago ends up in jail

(ANSA) - ROME, FEB 10 - A 55-year-old homeless man who shoplifted food worth five euros and 20 cents in a Florence supermarket in 2006 has been sentenced to two months in jail in Bologna for the event, 17 years later, local media reported Friday.
    The man is currently serving the time in a Bolognese prison after his conviction became definitive, said Il Resto del Carlino and La Nazione newspapers.
    The man, who has a record for petty crime, never got away with the food as police soon caught him.
    He has been in Bologna's Dozza Prison for a week. (ANSA).