Auschwitz ‘thieves’, aged 17, spared jail

Two British teenagers who were suspected of stealing items that belonged to prisoners at Auschwitz have been released with suspended sentences.

The 17-year-old boys, who were on a school trip, were spotted acting suspiciously at the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum in southern Poland and were held at the police headquarters in Oswiecim until yesterday.

Polish police said the boys denied any wrongdoing, and were spared a fine because they are “not working”.