A Moldovan citizen arrested in Turin last October 20 to serve a five-year prison sentence for sexual assault has been released. The Court of Appeal of the Piedmontese capital has in fact accepted an appeal presented by his defender, the lawyer Basilio Foti.
The reason? The man, who following the conviction had been wanted since 2014, demonstrated that he was not aware of the proceedings against him, therefore it was necessary to reopen the deadlines to allow him to appeal against the sentence.
The Moldovan was identified last month by the Guardia di Finanza in Turin in a street in the Pozzo Strada district.
(Unioneonline/lf)
