1.   But law enforcement sources told The San Francisco Chronicle Wednesday that Chiuchiolo is a convicted thief, liar and con man whose word cannot be trusted.

2.   Glushkov is described in the article as a convicted thief who may be involved in a plot with Berezovsky to siphon money from Aeroflot.

3.   A number of convicted thieves also were brought to witness the amputations as a deterrent.

4.   After the execution, two doctors, their faces covered by surgical masks, amputated the right hands of two convicted thieves, Shah Aga and Khiel Mohammed.

5.   Convicted thieves have a limb amputated.

6.   He upheld a punishment which called for the amputation of a hand and foot of a convicted thief.

7.   Islamic courts have also ordered the amputation of hands of several convicted thieves.

8.   Six convicted thieves had four of their fingers cut off in Tehran, the Iran News daily reported Tuesday.

9.   Taliban officials also have amputated the hands and feet of convicted thieves.

10.   The convicted thief also tormented police by turning up in a cafe frequented by celebrities in Oslo, and granting television and newspaper interviews while on the run.