Austrian mother fined for stalking son

An Austrian woman who bombarded her son with phone calls over a two-and-a-half year period was fined by a court for stalking him.

The 73-year-old woman, who phoned her son up to 49 times a day was fined 360 euros (324 pounds) by the court in the southern city of Klagenfurt.

"I just wanted to talk to him," the woman told the court. "I can't talk to my son, nor my daughter. I've never seen my grandchild - who is already 15-years-old," she said.

The case was brought by the son. The court did not release their names.