Manfredonia, driving without a license and resisting a public official: 4 months sentence

Foggia – Manfredonia. The 22-year-old from Manfredonia TLP, arrested on 17 April last by the police, was sentenced to 4 years, with a suspended sentence. Carabinieri after a high-voltage chase in the center of Siponto.

This morning at the Court of Foggia the direct trial took place, before judge Dr. Rita Benigno.

The arrest was validated, with a subsequent request for an abbreviated trial by the accused’s defence, the lawyer Francesco Le Noci of the Foggia Court. At the outcome of the abbreviated, the 22-year-old was sentenced to 4 months in prison, without the application of any precautionary measures.

The boy has no criminal record, complaints but no convictions. He was charged with driving without a license and resisting a public official. The chase last April 17 had reached its climax on via Tribuna, at the intersection with via Stella, where the young man was finally stopped by the police. However, the arrest was not without resistance: the young man reportedly resisted before being detained and taken into custody. Following the arrest, the officers of the local Flying Squad Commissariat they had intervened at the accident site to coordinate the vehicle removal operations. The tow truck was called to remove the Lancia Y, marking the end of the episode and the beginning of the legal procedures.