A tourist who took rocks from Pompeii has sent a heartbreaking letter after claiming she fell victim to a Roman “curse”.

The unnamed woman sent a package containing three small stones and a letter written in English.

She claimed she “didn’t know about the curse” of Pompeii after stealing artefacts during a holiday in southern Italy.

The tourist also revealed she had been diagnosed with breast cancer within a year of her visit to the ancient Italian city.

[And that is a rule not a guideline. ~ Beege]