Their camper, in the summer of 2018, had become the scarecrow for traders in all the tourist resorts of Gallura, starting from the Costa Smeralda. When the caravan of a family of nomads originally from Lucca appeared, it was a nightmare for the most exclusive boutiques .
We are talking about Jenny Balestra (37 years old) and Antony Demetrio (43 years old) . The two were accused of having gone shopping, without paying, in the shops and boutiques of Palau, Porto Cervo, Baja Sardinia, Cannigione, Abbiadori, San Pantaleo and Porto San Paolo.
Accepting the requests of prosecutor Gian Marco Vargiu, the Tempio Court sentenced Balestra to three years and seven months in prison, Demetrio to four years and ten months . According to the Carabinieri, the operating methods of the couple (who acted with another woman, sentenced in summary form) were always the same.
Shop assistants were kept busy, with a request to measure an item of clothing or to see a valuable item. In the meantime , wallets, cash, credit cards and merchandise, including Louis Vuitton bags, disappeared from the store . In some cases the credit cards were used to pay the expenses of the stay in Sardinia.
