> Fri Apr 5,10:46 AM ET > > STRASBOURG, France (Reuters) - A French court convicted a mother of two > of premeditated armed violence after she tried out her new teargas > canister on an innocent shopper to see if it worked, police said on > Friday. > > > Disguised in dark glasses and a hat, the unnamed 35-year-old sprayed a > woman shopper who had just returned to her car in a supermarket car > park. > > Unimpressed by the defendant's plea that she had merely wanted to try > out the device, the court in the northeast town of Saverne gave her a > four-month suspended sentence. > > Police said that, during questioning, the woman said she was > disappointed with her purchase because the person she sprayed had been > able to thrash about and scare her by shouting.
