'Camera' earns 18-month ban

Japanese swimmer Naoya Tomita has been suspended for 18 months by the country's swimming federation and fired from his job after stealing a camera at the Asian Games in South Korea.
Tomita was expelled from the September 19 to October 4 Games in Incheon and told he had to pay his own way home after admitting to stealing a camera valued at 7,600 dollars from a journalist working for a South Korean news agency.
He was initially told he had to stay in South Korea until the case was resolved but was cleared to leave after being issued with a summary indictment and paying a fine of 950 dollars.
He was caught on closed circuit television stealing the camera after the journalist reported his gear missing.