Mother drove son to robbery

A German woman has admitted she drove her son to rob a jewellery shop so she could make sure nothing bad happened to him.

Daniela Langer, 36, from Dresden, told a court: "He was determined to do it and I could not talk him out of it, so I offered to drive him there to keep an eye on him. I was worried about him."

She said she found out what her son Marcel, 18, was planning when she went to a DIY store with him and he asked her to get him some rope and some duct tape - and told her to make sure she left no fingerprints on it.

Langer, a mother of five, said: "I could not believe it when he said what he was up to but I was so worried about what might happen to him that I went along to make sure he would be safe."

She admitted to driving him to the jewellers shop and acting as a look-out while her son and two other men broke in and stole £25,000 worth of jewellery.

The shop's owner, Joerg Weyrath, 38, was stabbed during the attack and is recovering in hospital.

However the crooks and their look out were caught after they set off a silent alarm connected to the police station during the robbery. The trial continues.