Six witnesses to the theft of Chanel perfume. At least two other previous attempts in the duty free area of Terminal 1 of Fiumicino airport in the previous month. Of which one was successful. And the “you don’t know who I am” addressed to the vigilante on April 15th. The story of the theft of perfume of which Democratic Party deputy Piero Fassino is accused is becoming more complicated. Especially for him. Who through his lawyer continues to talk about a misunderstanding and defend himself on the cell phone in his hand or pocket. Just as Polaria delivers the documents to the Civitavecchia prosecutor’s office. Among which there is the video that denies the version of the former mayor of Turin. But not that of one of the two previous thefts which would have served to dispute the repeat offense. Because Aelia Lagardére, who manages it, has the practice of deleting them.
Previous and repeat offenders
There are six witnesses who confirm the attempted theft of the Chance bottle, the price (discounted by 130 euros). These are duty free employees and security guards. They are security guards, control room workers and sales assistants. But above all, the witnesses recounted the precedents. All in the last month. In recent weeks and always while waiting for a flight to Strasbourg, Fassino passed the perimeter of the checkouts without paying. The security guards stopped him and the MP reached into his wallet to pay. A few days later, in the same shop, same scene. But this time due to the presence of many other customers in the shop, Fassino leaves without paying. There is no video of this second episode. The supervisor decides to let it go.
«She doesn’t know who I am»
Then there’s the April 15 episode. On this occasion the film shows him while he slips the bottle into his pocket. His hands don’t seem busy, not even holding a cell phone as per the version of the former mayor of Turin. When the vigilantes intervene, he writes the Corriere della Sera, Fassino says: «You don’t know who I am». And this time the shop owners opt to file a complaint. Lawyer Nicola Gianaria, who represents the MP, says an attempted theft would not be so clumsy. And above all, no one would be stupid enough to do it for the camera. Especially if there have been precedents. Also The messenger And The newspaper confirm the phrase “You don’t know who I am” said to the security guards. The reconstructions differ on the previous ones: in the first case the anti-shoplifting alarm would have been triggered but Fassino would have managed to escape.
Caught in fragrance
In the second case, however, he would have been “caught red-handed” and would have apologized and paid for the product. Fassino denied these alleged precedents, saying he didn’t remember anything. In the available footage, the one from April 15, Fassino also seems to look around cautiously before putting the perfume in his pocket. Second The truth the six witnesses are five women and one man and would not have confirmed the sentence said to the security guard. The previous ones, according to this version, date back to December and March 27th. In both cases Fassino was going to Strasbourg.
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