THIEF STEALS LAPTOP; BECOMES A STAR AFTER WRITING AN APOLOGY MAIL TO STUDENT

When someone steals your belongings, whether it's a valuable or sentimental item, it's completely natural to feel outraged, but one thief has managed to turn things around and win sympathy for his crime.

A Twitter used Steve Valentine took to Twitter to reveal how his flatmate had received an email from a thief who had stolen the laptop, containing his university course work.

After stealing the laptop from the boy, he sent him an email with the subject 'I'm sorry about your laptop', and apologised for the theft. Apologising for the theft, they said they were poor and needed money but offered to send on any files the student might need for their course work.

Stevie's tweet has now been liked 26,000 times with many people expressing sympathy for the person who pilfered the computer. The thief basically turned tables and earned sympathy for the crime he committed.

So my flat mates laptop got stolen today, please pree what the thief sent him 😂😂😂😂 pic.twitter.com/pDhhpmncPz

— Stevie Valentine (@StevieBlessed) November 28, 2018

The unnamed thief started the message by saying they were 'very, very sorry' for taking the student's laptop. 'I am extremely poor and needed the money,' they explained. 'I left your phone and wallet, so I hope that slightly makes up for something.

"I can see you are a university student. If there is any files on here such as university work on here that you need, let me know and I will send them to you here. Once again I am sorry," the thief added.

Obviously, the tweet immediately went viral

And they say there’s no honor amongst thieves smh

— Preston (@Press107Preston) November 28, 2018

A sympathetic criminal. We stan.

— isa (@moisturizeds) November 28, 2018

Just buy the laptop back from him. He needs the money 😂😂

— ChistaBlue (@chista92) November 28, 2018