Pathological thief asks cops to arrest him

(ANSA) - ROME, FEB 15 - A pathological thief has asked Italian police to arrest him in order to stop his criminal compulsion.
    The 24-year Italian went to a Milan police station last Tuesday and asked the officers to detain him to stop a stream of thefts of cosmetic and home and clothing cleaning products that started in mid October and continued until last Sunday.
    Police said he had approached them "because of the fear of not being able to free himself from this impulse and because of the great sense of guilt he felt." (ANSA).