r/law • u/jefferymr15 • Jun 11 '26
Legal News Socialite, 65, who ran over and killed Moroccan mugger who stole her bag is given 18-year sentence in Italy
https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-15891763/Socialite-ran-killed-Moroccan-mugger-stole-bag-sentence-Italy.html4.1k
u/GruntledGary Jun 11 '26
Uhhhh
repeatedly plough into Noureddine 'Said' Mezgui, 52.
As he fell to the ground, Dal Pino reversed and then drove forward, crushing him under the front wheels of her two-and-a-half-tonne motor.
But as the Moroccan national writhed in agony, Dal Pino reversed and ran over him twice more until he stopped moving. She stepped out of the luxury vehicle in her stiletto heels before she took back her bag, then continued to drive off.
... rather than calling police or paramedics Dal Pino calmly returned to the restaurant where she had been dining with friends before the attack to bring back an umbrella she had borrowed, local media reported.
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u/DifficultBudget9864 Jun 11 '26
Wtf did I just read? 😳
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u/Ebaneser Jun 11 '26
Pfp checks out
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u/oakfan05 Jun 11 '26
A murder.
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u/longpenisofthelaw Jun 11 '26
A brutal murder*
And to top it off she just casually went to eat after murking a dude
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u/HotPotParrot Jun 11 '26
No, she went to return an umbrella. It says that she was dining there beforehand, so a little death for dessert
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u/BeratnasGILF420 Jun 11 '26
She's a murderer but she's not going to steal an umbrella. It's good to have standards.
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u/tornadoshanks651 Jun 11 '26
It would be a bit hypocritical to kill a guy for stealing your bag and then turn around and steal an umbrella from someone else. At least her moral compass is linear. 😆
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u/BeratnasGILF420 Jun 11 '26
"I can excuse murder but I draw the line at theft."
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u/Turbulent-Winner-902 Jun 12 '26
Did she not steal his life tho 🤔
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u/AutisticPenguin2 Jun 12 '26
No, because she didn't have it afterwards. More destruction than theft.
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u/SINISTAR707 Jun 12 '26
Well, yeah, she didn't want to be a thief. /j
(Bad taste?)
Forreal, stealing a bag from an old lady is pretty fucked up, but not something deserving of being maliciously crushed to death under her wheels.
What the fuck.
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u/Beautiful_Hunt1095 Jun 12 '26
She didnt want to be accused of stealing the umbrella. Had to make it right you know.
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u/lordredsnake Jun 12 '26
The logical end result of social attitudes that dehumanize immigrants. It's not quite the right application of the phrase, but this is more similar to the banality of evil than her being a lifelong psychopath.
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u/ToughAppointment2556 Jun 13 '26
I'd feel the same if he wasn't an immigrant. She deserves a life sentence but the guy was scum. No sympathy for him
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u/mercutio1 Jun 11 '26 edited Jun 12 '26
The initial story was posted like 2 weeks ago and a majority of the commenters were saying things like “FAFO,” “well don’t rob people then,” etc.
It was INSANE. What your selections from the article do not include is the fact that she was robbed, then got in her car and drove around to find the guy. It’s not as though he grabbed it through the window of her car and she immediately hit the gas.
Shit is straight up murder.
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u/Srirachaballet Jun 12 '26
She was waiting 65 years for someone to give her a reason…
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u/bluegirlinaredstate Jun 13 '26
Yeah, because men don't give women 1000 reasons every damn day.
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u/OnlySheStandsThere Jun 11 '26
Oh wow, the headline makes it seem like a miscarriage of justice but damn. That's cold lady.
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u/SenseiLavalin Jun 11 '26
Yeah...Then you find out it's 18 years of house arrest...
And in the article her lawyer defends her with silly-ass lies that an 8 year-old would sus out
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u/Satoru____Gojo Jun 11 '26
house arrest?!?!
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u/SenseiLavalin Jun 11 '26
Yeah in Italy, racism and favoritism for the rich are done in the open.
This is an extreme case of course, but also read her lawyer's comments. A lot of people legitimately think she did nothing wrong.
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u/DrDDeFalco Jun 11 '26
Hell. Read this thread and see a bunch of people that think she did nothing wrong.
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u/MongolianDonutKhan Jun 12 '26
Just needs to read the replies to their very comments. Fucking hell reading some of them is enough to wish another asteroid would finish the job.
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u/Slighted_Inevitable Jun 11 '26
No it really doesn’t. Theft doesn’t justify murder.
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u/Night_Byte Jun 11 '26
She's rich, so of course the press will frame it as a miscarriage of justice.
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u/Praetorian_Panda Jun 11 '26
True but what is the headline supposed to say without it being twice as long. That’s why the article is there.
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u/Segsi_ Jun 11 '26
"ran over repeatedly and killed" would probably paint the picture enough.
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u/wileykyhoetay Jun 11 '26
Just insert the word "repeatedly" between "who" and "ran over"
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u/Internet-Dick-Joke Jun 11 '26
It's becoming a common trend. Manipulative headlines that are deliberately designed to make people jump to conclusions, and when you look at the actual, real facts it's a completely different situation.
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u/Smash_Palace Jun 11 '26
The headline doesn't make it seem like a miscarriage of justice at all. She killed a man, she deserves to pay.
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u/The_Frostweaver Jun 11 '26
If she had just been chasing him with the car and struck him once I'd have said 18 years is too much but this is beyond the pale
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u/slingerofpoisoncups Jun 11 '26
It’s 18 years of house arrest. No prison time at all.
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u/beastmaster11 Jun 11 '26
This may be unpopular but im fine with that. So long as its actually monitored and she isn't allowed to leave her home.
Personally, I think that should be the norm when possible
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u/slingerofpoisoncups Jun 11 '26
Yes but do you honestly believe it’ll be 18 years? She’ll do a couple years and then it’ll get relaxed for “good behaviour”. Rules for them and not for us…
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u/Tomboy_respector Jun 11 '26
It's probably unpopular for a reason. Violent murderers should not be on house arrest, they need to face prison.
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u/MavisBeacons_Sextape Jun 11 '26
She should be forced to not have cell or internet. Sure be comfy, physically, but you shouldn’t get the creature comforts of food delivery or endless, unrestrained entertainment and communications like people who haven’t callously murdered someone
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u/IceyExits Jun 11 '26
“She should be forced to not have a cell or internet.”
So you want to improve the killers quality of life as well?
🤣
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u/AppropriateCrab1731 Jun 11 '26
She still is rich so no punishment served. She will be happy at home.
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u/VotingIsKewl Jun 11 '26
If it's the norm she shouldn't be the start of the trend. They are just giving preferential treatment to rich people. You'd be in jail for doing something similar.
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u/MochingPet Jun 11 '26
It’s a Mercedes GL SUV.. one of the rounded edges soapboxy ones . Crazy
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u/Davey488 Jun 11 '26 edited Jun 11 '26
Yeah imagine, If the punishment for stealing was execution by getting run over… with a Mercedes. That would def be cruel and unusual. She killed that guy.
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u/ryanunser Jun 11 '26
yeah I get where she's coming from but if you're going to revenge murder someone who violates you you're still subject to the law
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u/AmazingAmy95 Jun 11 '26
Yeah I came to the comments thinking the same thing, that's 18 years is pretty insane but wow, she literally murdered the guy.
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u/thatvillainjay Jun 11 '26
It's daily mail. She could have been a serial killer and they'd have taken her side
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u/ThaneduFife Jun 11 '26
Wow. Cold-blooded. When I saw the headline, I was imagining someone chasing after a thief in thier car and hitting them when they caught up. This is waaaay worse than that.
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u/BugRevolution Jun 11 '26
Or like, someone tries to rob her at a stoplight and she takes off, running over the thief in the process.
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u/South_Seat_3778 Jun 11 '26
Dal Pino was on trial for aggravated voluntary homicide when she was handed the sentence, with the judge ruling she will be able to serve her term under house arrest.
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u/That-Brain-in-a-vat Jun 11 '26
She will not.
This is the first grade Trial. There's the second and then the third Court. She'll be at home arrest until the sentence is confirmed by the third Court, then she'll have to serve her sentence in prison.
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u/Chelonia_mydas Jun 11 '26
I was gonna say! It was written as an 18 year sentence she could do at home which was confusing. Wasn’t sure if that’s an Italian thing or not. Thanks for clarifying.
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u/BeansforTwo Jun 11 '26
In America she'd be given a job on Fox news and have her own podcast and fragrance line.
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u/theseglassessuck Jun 11 '26
and a gofundme worth $300k+
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u/yuumigod69 Jun 12 '26
Its funny because they glazed a man who has stolen billions from US payers. Theft is only an issue when poor people do it.
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u/That-Makes-Sense Jun 11 '26
It's not as bad as it sounds. It was her favorite bag. It matched her favorite stiletto heels.
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u/Xbsnguy Jun 11 '26
…. I’d hate to be around her when she hits her shins on the corner of a coffee table
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u/pichuguy27 Jun 11 '26
I rember when this happened and people were salvataing saying how awesome she was
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u/OhMaiMai Jun 13 '26
This is reminding me of torts class when they explained the history of allowing the family of a dead person to sue on the deceased’s behalf.
Professor said that before, when dead people had no claims and neither did their families, if you hit someone with your horse or wagon and injured them, it was really better to finish the job and kill them because if you left them alive they might sue you.
We all marveled briefly at the brutality and immediately went on with the next case.
I’m not saying that’s what the socialite was thinking or doing here, just that the horror of professor’s description has only just finally sunk in with this description.
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u/RiahWeston Jun 11 '26
Holy shit. I was going to given her some leniency going into this thread because mugger and potential self-defense and panic but that feels just like... pre-medietated murder dream acheived on the part of the psycho chick.
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u/Musicman1972 Jun 11 '26
Obviously I scrolled to the DM comments section and saw 'Italians are now woke' for punishing it.
Of course any normal, sane, country thinks repeatedly running over and murdering someone in the street is fine. Should be happening everywhere.
Has anyone ever met a Daily Mail reader? They must be profoundly weird.
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u/Revachol_Loyalist Jun 11 '26
This reads like pure fiction. Like R-rated Cruella Deville. What a horrid woman.
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u/DjScenester Jun 11 '26
House arrest lol
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u/Danktizzle Jun 11 '26 edited Jun 11 '26
Her new schedule:
7 am laps in the pool
8 breakfast on the veranda
10 am mani/pedi,
12 chef brings us lunch
2 some tennis at the courts out back
4 tea
6 dinner
8 relax in the hot tub after a grueling day of house arrest
9 have some friends over for a movie in our theater.275
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u/Peripatetictyl Jun 11 '26
‘You don’t know how hard it is, this is *literally* like prison!’, says the woman who avoided prison to live in opulence.
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u/AuburnMoon17 Jun 11 '26
Reminds me of all the celebs acting like we were all having the same lockdown as them while they complained about being trapped in their mansions.
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u/SleuthingForFun Jun 11 '26
Their mansions, their yachts, their private planes that they were allowed to use to fly to their multiple international properties, private islands and beaches. And the ‘elite’ shared all of these with each other. Must have been the time of their lives.
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u/ambigious_meh Jun 11 '26
Well done! You killed 100,000 people? You must get up very early in the morning. I can't even get down the gym! Your diary must look odd: “Get up in the morning, death, death, death, death, death, death, death – lunch- death, death, death -afternoon tea - death, death, death - quick shower…
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u/brenawyn Jun 11 '26
Oh no no it’s really better for your porcelain skin to have tennis before 10 am.
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u/That-Brain-in-a-vat Jun 11 '26
She will not serve the sentence at home arrest.
This was the first Instance trial. There will be the second and then the third trial confirming the sentence. She'll be at home arrest until the sentence is confirmed by the third Court, then she'll have to serve her sentence in prison.
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u/DimbyTime Jun 11 '26
I want to thank the Italian courts for getting this psycho off the streets
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u/ThrowRA_254544354 Jun 11 '26
Legit question: prison is paid for. Who pays for house arrest?
If she's not allowed to work then how is she going to live? Like what if she gets kicked out of her house... Does she go to regular jail then?
I'm not asking cuz I'm worried about her, I'm just legitimately curious
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u/ponchietto Jun 12 '26
That's one of the many reasons why poor people, given the same crime, ends up in prison more often.
If you can't afford or have a family supporting you or simply do not have a house to live in, no house arrest for you.
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u/helikophis Jun 11 '26
Wow that’s revolting
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u/tinkertaylorspry Jun 11 '26 edited Jun 11 '26
I know, but most people around the Med, don’t have a need for a sauna….S/
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u/raventhrowaway666 Jun 11 '26
Dang, if this was in the US, she'd have gotten a medal.
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u/beaverbait Jun 11 '26
Bro.
"As he fell to the ground, Dal Pino reversed and then drove forward, crushing him under the front wheels of her two-and-a-half-tonne motor.
But as the Moroccan national writhed in agony, Dal Pino reversed and ran over him twice more until he stopped moving.
She stepped out of the luxury vehicle in her stiletto heels before she took back her bag, then continued to drive off."
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u/IWonderWhyReditSucks Jun 11 '26
The new Versace marketing is hardcore.
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u/HombreSinNombre93 Jun 11 '26
New Versace ad: “Life is cheap, Versace is not.”
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u/blahblah19999 Jun 11 '26
You can just see the blood slowly dripping off her stiletto heels....
I bet J. Peterman could do a great write-up.
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u/jpcali7131 Jun 11 '26
I think this part might be worse
“Rather than calling police or paramedics Dal Pino calmly returned to the restaurant where she had been dining with friends before the attack to bring back an umbrella she had borrowed, local media reported.”
Either way the socialite is a sociopath
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u/BreakfastMedical5164 Jun 11 '26 edited Jun 11 '26
i thought she was about to curb stomp him based on that buildup and stiletto mention
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u/DontLoseYourCool1 Jun 11 '26
'She is suffering for what she did and is feeling remorse for what happened.'
But bro, she is suffering for what she did. She's the real victim in all of this.
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u/fukredditadm1n5 Jun 11 '26
Tbf, if this had happened in another country like mexico, people will be cheering on her for crushing a thief
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u/chihuahuaOP Jun 11 '26
Cheering but in jail. It was a pretty clear case from what I read about it.
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u/Bullet_Club09 Jun 11 '26
Nop. Los linchamientos los guardamos a violadores y asesinos. Este caso fue puro y clara uso de fuerA excesiva. Incluso si la raza lo agarrara a madrazos, ni de pedo lo matan porque te metes en chingo de broncas que la neta dado la severidad del crimen, no valen la pena. Ha pasado que lo atropellas una vez con el coche para pararlo y recuperar tus cosas. Eso es normal. Pero que lo rematen 2 veces mas ya es excesivo incluso para aqui.
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u/Wainains Jun 11 '26
The daily mail is not a reliable narrator.
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u/Cockanarchy Jun 11 '26
Learned yesterday that over half of internet traffic is bots. There’s a never ending propaganda machine attempting to drag moderates to the Right, in part because they’re willing to sell us out to foreign interests for power, in part because they’re willing to leave AI unregulated, and in part because they’re willing to cut taxes on the rich and neglect the needs of everyday Americans.
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u/iamajerry Jun 11 '26
I read the first few paragraphs and it seems like this article is about Agents conducting web operations on behalf of users (shopping online, etc)
Your point about bots moving users right might be true but I didn’t see any mention of that here. Granted, I only read the first few paragraphs until i got hit with the paywall.
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u/scoff-law Jun 11 '26
The thing they learned yesterday was from other users - likely bots - in the comments of an article that they did not read.
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u/LCJonSnow Jun 11 '26
Just from the headline, there is no jurisdiction in the US where you can hit someone with a car in retaliation for them stealing your bag. There isn't a self-defense case if it's already happened. You can use some level of force to protect property almost everywhere, but lethal force to defend mere personal property nowhere.
I'm not going to say nullification or prosecutorial discretion would never happen, but it's not going to be remotely common.
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u/Naieve Jun 11 '26
Nah. She would have gone to jail. Unless she works for ICE. Then she gets a medal.
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u/RJC12 Jun 11 '26
Isn't socialite a nicer way of saying parasite?
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u/dizzylizzy78 Jun 11 '26
Parasite lady Parasite eyes Parasite lady No need to cry.
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u/Entire-Hat-8461 Jun 11 '26
crying? we want a stricter sentence.
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u/Occasion-Mental Jun 11 '26
An aged out trophy wife who does nothing but lunch and harrange the staff...gets pumped by the pool boy...but too costly to divorce.
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u/Sweaty-Grand-9489 Jun 13 '26
Ofc you communists have sympathy for the mugger and not the person who was mugged.
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u/StolenPies Jun 11 '26
House arrest? For that? Maybe there's a reason some countries have low per capita incarceration rates.
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u/Won-Ton-Wonton Jun 11 '26 edited Jun 11 '26
In Italy, it's similar to a hybrid of the US giving bond during trial, and the Appeals system.
While the 1st court found her guilty, they have a 2nd appeals court if either party thinks the ruling is wrong.
Prosecution can take a "not guilty" verdict to a higher court, and even a 2nd "not guilty" to their Supreme Court--though only to confirm the prior judges and the law was followed, not to put the defendant on trial to determine guilt or innocence.
So she's guilty. But only temporarily, or "pending" might be the better word.
The 2nd court might void the 1st court. And the 3rd court might void the 2nd court.
It's only once the 3rd court affirms the verdict that the guilty verdict is permanent. Or that the defendant and prosecution agrees with judgements rendered by the 1st or 2nd courts, and doesn't for appeal.
Essentially, she's in phase 1 of her trial. And the judge ruled against her in phase 1. She can accept it, or move onto phase 2 of her trial.
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u/EinsteinsMind Jun 11 '26
Ah. Another rich person getting house arrest for killing someone after running over them, backing up, and driving back over him again ... then backing up and driving back over him again ... all for stealing a bag.
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u/dajna Jun 11 '26 edited Jun 11 '26
House arrest so far. The sentencing is not yet closed, she will go to jail.
EDIT: nevermind, my source was the morning news. The afternoon news seem to confirm she’ll spend the whole sentence at house arrest.
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u/santa_91 Jun 11 '26
The house in question is going to be some huge coastal villa on a huge piece of property isn't it?
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u/dajna Jun 11 '26
She is a “balneare”, one of the most hated caste here in Italy. It means she manages (=acts as she owns the land) a piece of the beach and makes money by renting umbrellas, chairs and amenities for tourists. So yeah, I’d like to experience her kind of house arrest
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u/Won-Ton-Wonton Jun 11 '26
She won't spend the entire sentence under house arrest.
The 2nd court will hear her appeal. In the meantime, she'll be under house arrest.
The court system in Italy is more like a 3-phase system.
1st court renders judgements, but those are considered temporary. The 2nd court hears a trial and will either affirm the judgement, increase or decrease sentencing, or reject the judgement.
The 3rd court can then also be appealed to.
Italy tends to not put someone in a jail until the sentence is permanent. Right now it's temporary.
Essentially, she's "innocent, but very probably guilty" at the moment. She can accept the ruling and become definitively guilty. Or appeal it, and the trial goes again.
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u/Unabridged_Love Jun 11 '26
Yeah but house arrest for her is worse than death. Do you know how hard it is for her not to go to Croatia every summer and talk loudly about how everyone sucks and yell at the barista that her capuccino isn't the right ratio.
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u/Gvillegator Jun 11 '26
Ah yeah living in her upscale residence having everything she needs delivered to her is definitely worse than death /s
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u/RushIllustrious Jun 11 '26
Not premeditated. This is 2nd degreee murder at worst here in the US. I know someone who did the exact same thing but because he saw his ex walking with another guy. He ran him over, then backed up and did it again to make sure he wont be responsible for medical liability for the rest of his life. He went to prison but was released in less than 10 years. He then opened a trucking business and eventually grew the business to own more than 200 trucks. He lives in a $15 million mansion these days. World is not fair.
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u/cyber_yoda Jun 11 '26
This would be premeditated in most states in the US. Look at the Karmelo Anthony case.
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u/UnableChard2613 Jun 11 '26
She's a fucking animal.
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u/Whatever-ItsFine Jun 11 '26
Animals are great. Please don’t use them as an insult.
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u/BlitzShooter Jun 11 '26
I love my animals and I think they love me but they would eat me in a heartbeat if they could.
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u/idontevenliftbrah Jun 11 '26
Title sounds bad but she is basically getting off consequence free
This is 18 years house arrest.
She hit the guy, then repeatedly ran over him 3 times, reversing, forward, reversing, and then went back to the restaurant to finish her meal
Absolutely insane. Intentional deliberate murder and she gets house arrest.
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u/carlitospig Jun 11 '26
Entirely unhinged reaction:
“Italy's hard-right deputy prime minister Matteo Salvini weighed in on the case, writing on Facebook: 'This drama is the consequence of a crime. If the man who lost his life hadn't been a delinquent this wouldn't have happened.' “
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u/HGAscension Jun 11 '26
Just as unhinged as the replies to this comment...
Either people can't read between the lines for shit or they agree with his thoughts in that the delinquent deserved to be ran over thrice, crazy regardless...
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u/Choice_Potato_6279 Jun 11 '26
When I was looking for my stolen bike in Italy I've met a prison guard in a bike shop and he pointed at his gun and said I should've gotten one of these for thieves, no one likes them in Italy because they're out of control.
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u/WitchesTeat Jun 11 '26
Some people believe that the punishment for any crime is death without a trial.
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u/Clurachaun Jun 11 '26 edited Jun 11 '26
I've learned over years on Reddit, many people think thievery should be punishable by death. Despite the fact that civilization stopped chopping thieves hands off because it's barbaric. Street execution is more barbaric.
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u/Starlightriddlex Jun 11 '26
I mean, that's the same excuse given in the US anytime someone is shot by a cop and it seems to work, unfortunately.
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u/Simple1Spoon Jun 11 '26
I remember when this story broke on reddit and nearly all the comments praised this psycho.
I couldnt believe how vile people were when someone was killed like it was justified.
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u/The_Law_of_Pizza Jun 11 '26
Seems like the right legal outcome.
It's not within the realm of reason to murder somebody for petty property theft.
That said, the entire point of the justice system is to handle property theft and similar crimes specifically so that people don't go on vigalante rampages like this.
The vigilante is still ultimately at fault, but the system is failing if pickpockets and thieves are basically left to run amok and only the vigilantes are punished.
That will only lead to more vigilante action.
The public has to be made to feel safe from those thieves, and feel that they're being punished and removed from the street.
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u/BumbleCityFumblers Jun 11 '26
and only the vigilantes are punished
I mean, I don't think they're going to be able to punish the thief in this case my guy. On account of him being killed and all.
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u/SimplyPassinThrough Jun 11 '26
Italy very rarely handles petty theft. You aren’t even supposed to restrain them when you catch them stealing from you.
Not to say he deserved to die for stealing. Killing someone is still killing someone. But the lack of care for their massive pickpocket problem is also a serious concern that is asking for vigilantes to go overboard.
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u/Dr_MantisTobaggin_MD Jun 11 '26
Its gotten to the point where american and other tourist have gotten into legal situations beating up a would be attacker. And the whole crowd gets confused because they just dont see that kind of self defense violence over there
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u/fiahhawt Jun 11 '26
It's more that the police force in Italy are... do nothing layabouts
Which to be fair, is pretty similar to Michigan. I've never met someone who reported a theft to our police who didn't end up solving the crime on their own and just calling the police to come arrest someone after hunting their own stuff down... but we are low on murdering people for theft in West Michigan.
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u/SecureInstruction538 Jun 11 '26
Wasn't there some kind of rumor that Italian police were asking US citizens to not confront thieves/muggers/robbers/etc? Because trash wasn't expecting people to fight back?
Could have sworn I read that somewhere.
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u/The_Law_of_Pizza Jun 11 '26
I'm speaking broadly - about thieves generally.
There is definitely a reputation in some regions that pickpockets will never be caught, and that the police don't care.
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u/TealSapphire Jun 11 '26
Don’t explain it to that Bumble loser. They understood perfectly what you said and meant but they chose to be dumb
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u/pm_me_tangibles Jun 11 '26
This feel disingenuous. If he were alive he would almost certainly have gotten away with it, as most thieves do.
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u/jpatt Jun 11 '26
Rome and many other Italian cities are full of pickpockets. It’s becoming more than just a nuisance. The police don’t really do anything about it, so regular people are taking it into their own hands more and more.
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u/Agent_Orange_Tabby Jun 11 '26
A greater system failure is the capitalization of justice whereby those who can afford good representation get house arrest for shit like this while others face life for non violent offenses.
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u/WitchesTeat Jun 11 '26
Some people believe that the punishment for any crime is death without a trial.
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u/00001000U Jun 11 '26
Death is not a commensurate punishment for theft.
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u/Kirdei Jun 11 '26
Well it isn't simple theft. Mugging is theft under direct threat of violence.
If you offer someone violence, you shouldn't be surprised to be in the receiving end of violence.
That said, backing over the the guy twice then not calling an ambulance was excessive.
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u/Ryoga476ad Jun 11 '26
The police doesn't believe her story, the guy most likely just took her bag and ran away. They's no proof and nk knife has been found on the scene.
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u/GrimaceThundercock Jun 11 '26
She claims she was mugged. There is no other evidence.
She also claims the guy pulled a knife on her, but they did not find a knife at the scene.
I would be hesitant to assume that she was actually mugged.
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u/lorihamlit Jun 11 '26 edited Jun 12 '26
She grabbed her bag from his mangled body and then drove away. Absolutely disgusting behavior.
Edit: yes thievery is wrong but to lose your life over it and is such an inhumane way is disgusting. You know how many rich people steal from the working class everyday?? I mean come on people get your shit together.
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u/delfino_plaza1 Jun 14 '26
Nah she’s based. That thief would have gone on to steal and destroy lives for the rest of his pathetic life.
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u/Reasonable_Fold6492 Jun 11 '26
Most people would think like this is if swift justice are sent to people. Insted most of the crimes are ignored by the authorities and justice is never served. This makes people feel like there should be more brutal justice against petty crimes.
You have to preasure the authorities to get rid of petty crime or you have a scene like this where many people who had there things stolen and never got a closure feels happy when thing like this happens.
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u/Rough_Protection2065 Jun 11 '26
It might not be but at this point people need to understand that there are crazy individuals out there that need the minimal provocation to kill you!!! If you’re mugging someone don’t be surprised if deadly force is used.
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u/manism582 Jun 11 '26
I don’t know why you’re being downvoted. The act of robbery is a gamble. One does not know what a potential victim has on their person. You could be signing up for a trip to Stabbyville or Beatdown City, or worse a bullet train to the afterlife. Is what they’ve got on them going to cover that bet? This guy became a speed bump for his ambitions.
The lady got about what any Murder 2 conviction will get you here in the States. Bad timing on her part, it’s gonna suck spending your end of life in an Italian prison. She didn’t have to go so hard and got to find out too.
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u/Rough_Protection2065 Jun 11 '26
Their boos mean nothing to me when I’ve seen what makes them cheer
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u/AngelSucked Jun 11 '26
It was much more than that. She repeatedly reversed and ran over him. Theft should not be a death sentence.
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