Remorseful thieves return loot

SYDNEY - A butcher in an Australian town arrived at work to find that money stolen from his shop earlier this month had been returned in an envelope that also contained an apology, a news report said Thursday.

Mark Bollinghaus got back most of the 10,000 Australian dollars ($7,600) Tuesday that were stolen from his Wodonga business.

“They pretty much said they were sorry they had done it and that they had done it in a rush,” he told national broadcaster ABC.