Waiter To Serve Sentence

A French court sentenced a former waiter who stole hundreds of artworks across Europe to 26 months in jail. The Strasbourg court also ordered Stephane Breitwieser, 33, to pay damages. His mother, Mireille, who told the court she took a hammer to stolen art worth millions of dollars to cover her sons tracks was sentenced to 18 months in jail. Breitwieser's former girlfriend, who acted as a lookout while he stole, got 6 months. Swiss police arrested him in 2001 when he returned to a museum to wipe away his fingerprints. Irish Art