PANDINO – «I know I made a mistake, but I didn’t hurt anyone. My reaction was triggered by a terrible threat: ‘I’ll take out you and your entire family’, I heard myself say on the phone”. This is the story of the 28-year-old stopped by the police late last Thursday morning, while he was wandering around with a hammer in his hand in the central Via Umberto I. «I lost my mind and I apologize for it – he explains, providing his version -. I acted to protect my loved ones from a person I believed to be trustworthy.”
The young man – who received a complaint from the military at the Via D’Acquisto station for his seizure – reconstructs the sequence of events that led to the outbreak of madness. Not an alibi nor a justification, but only “the description of what really happened”, he is keen to point out.
«I put my scooter up for sale and asked an acquaintance to find potential buyers – he declares -. After some time, he contacted me to announce that he had closed the deal”. But the conditions agreed by the ‘mediator’ turned out to be inadequate to the seller’s expectations. «I obviously stopped the negotiation – continues the 28-year-old’s story -. I certainly couldn’t imagine that my refusal could trigger such a violent reaction.” Because, the young man claims, a little later he received a threatening phone call: «The voice on the other end of the phone ordered me to sell the scooter, otherwise he would ‘kill’ my family. I know who threatened me. And I went to look for him.” The 28-year-old brandished the hammer and headed towards the center of Pandino: «I argued with five or six people – he admits -, some of them fled. I was beside myself. I take my responsibilities, but I want it to be clear that I have suffered very serious threats.”
