Exchange of greetings between colleagues then the rape: an arrest in Forlì

The victim was a thirty-year-old who had participated in the traditional company lunch before the start of the holidays

RIMINI – It was supposed to be a normal company lunch, to exchange Christmas greetings between colleagues, but it turned into a nightmare for a thirty-year-old from the province of Forlì. At the Christmas Eve the woman introduced herself to the Forlì Police Headquarters and reported to the Flying Squad police that she had been the victim of sexual violence by a work colleague. She also presented audio and messages received from the man following the rape. It was thus immediately activated Code Redinvestigations and searches began which finally led to a man is under house arrest on charges of aggravated sexual assault and possession of drugs. Four other men are also in trouble, investigated for aiding and abetting because they would have sidetracked the investigations to “help” their colleague.

The facts therefore date back to a few days before the Christmas holidays, when the victim participated in a lunch organized in his employer’s home, in the Forlì area, with other colleagues. During meals, however, he had overindulged and accepted a colleague’s offer of a ride home, not imagining what he might face. In fact, the man, instead of taking her home immediately, went away with her in a car outside the city, taking advantage of the woman’s psychophysical conditions, forcing her to undergo sexual acts against her will. In the following days the man convinced the other colleagues present at the lunch to sidetrack the investigations but in the end he was tracked down by the investigators, through the verification of the wiretaps which revealed a “climate of hostility”, hence their involvement of the others four men for complicity.