On December 22nd last year a 19 year old from Cremona had been responsible for a vslow robbery committed in broad daylight in the public gardens of Porta Serio in Crema. The young man, together with two minors aged 16 and 17, all residing in the Cremona areathey had approached a 19 year old from Cremona who was on his lunch break and that he had sat down on a bench to eat a slice of pizza.
First they asked him for a piece of pizza, then the money, then they had it attacked him by hitting him with kicks and punches and with a glass bottle, taking away his cell phone. The victim had tried to get up and at that point she was again repeatedly hit, despite being on the ground. All this in front of five witnesses, including one person who was jogging and another who was walking their dog. The alarm was immediately raised and the police were called.
The three perpetrators, all with police records against them, had been tracked down not far away and arrested by men from the Crema police station. on charges of aggravated robbery. The two minors, at the disposal of the prosecutor’s office of the juvenile court of Brescia, had been transferred to the community, while the of age, he ended up on trial in Cremona. Today the judges sentenced him to one penalty of 3 years, 4 months and 20 days of imprisonment and a fine of 800 euros against the 2 years and 6 months that the prosecutor had requested. The victim, who had reported a prognosis of ten days, did not appear as a civil party as she was compensated with 1,500 euros. The accused, defended by the lawyer Massimo Nicoli, remains to be heard House arrest.
The defense lawyer, in his speech, argued that it was not a “punitive expedition, but a theft by snatching”, asking for the crime to be declassified. But the judges were not of the same opinion. The justification for the sentence will be filed within 30 days.
Sara Pizzorni
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