Italian bear removed to sanctuary after bakery break-in takes the biscuit

Authorities in Abruzzo step in to stop Carrito the Marsican bear's increasingly brazen behaviour

Marina Valentini is still bewildered as she surveys the scene of the crime, pointing to the floor of her bakery in Roccaraso, a small mountain town and ski resort in Italy's Abruzzo region, where the crumbs of her freshly made biscuits were scattered.

My husband had popped to the bakery," she said. I was at home, expecting him for dinner, when he called and said: Marina, there's a bear in the bakery'. My first response was: Have you been drinking?'"