Is called Wolfgang Riekehas 62 years old and is the brother of the owner of the company Rieke Transporte Recke. He is the man accused of having run over the cycling champion Davide Rebellin. He is now being charged with vehicular homicide and hit and miss. But at the moment he is in Germany and cannot be arrested because the crime regulated by the law is not foreseen in the country.article 589 bis of our Criminal Code. The company is based in Reckein North Rhine-Westphalia. However, he will have to answer to the accusation and if he is convicted he will have to turn himself in. Otherwise Italy will be able to request extradition. But, explains today the Corriere della SeraGermany could in theory also refuse to grant it.
The previous
As had already emerged yesterday, the truck driver already has a plea deal with the court of Foggia of the 2001 for leak from the scene of the accident without providing assistance. Is in the 2004 had been to him license withdrawn by the traffic police of Chieti for driving while intoxicated. THE carabinieri traced back to him by viewing i camera footage surveillance of the motorway toll booths and of the “La Padania” restaurant, which is located in a position adjacent to the roundabout where the accident occurred. Some people who happened to be nearby took pictures of it. The attorney of Vicenza Lino Giorgio Bruno made it known in an official note that «on the basis of the testimonies of people who immediately intervened to rescue the cyclist, it appeared that after the investment, the driver got out of the vehicleapproaching the victim, and immediately after he resumed his seat on board thearticulated lorry, walking away».
The return to Germany
The police of Steinfurt reported its return in Germany. The truck driver went through Berlin first. Last November 30th Rieke had arrived in Italy to load some goods. The last step he had done in a company of Verona. The owner of the company cooperated with the authorities. The power of attorney of Vicenza meanwhile he ordered the autopsy on the body of rebellin. The German authorities might hear Rieke in Germany to cooperate in the investigation into Italy.
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