Man Who Attacked Woman with Broken Glass in Milan Center Acquitted Due to Mental Incapacity

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The 31-year-old Bangladeshi man wounded a 64-year-old woman on August 12th last year. He was accused of attempted murder but was not even subject to the two-year security measure in a Rems. He will be expelled because of his irregular immigration status.

The 31-year-old Bangladeshi man who, on August 12th last year, attacked and wounded a 64-year-old woman in Largo La Foppa in Milan with a broken bottle shard was acquitted due to his incapacity to understand and intend his actions at the time of the facts. For the man, who was accused of attempted murder, the preliminary hearings judge (GUP) Manuela Cannavale did not even apply the two-year security measure in a Rems (Residential Facility for the Execution of Security Measures), as requested by the Public Prosecutor’s Office. The defendant is, therefore, released and will likely be expelled due to his irregular immigration status.

The psychiatric evaluation, signed by psychiatrist Mario Mantero, had already confirmed the man’s incapacity to understand and intend his actions at the time of the facts. He was defended by lawyer Andrea Aloi, who utilized the technical consultant and psychiatrist Marco Frongillo. However, the evaluation had also established a risk of social dangerousness, which is why the Public Prosecutor had requested that the man remain in a Rems for two years. The judge did not uphold the request. The defense, also submitting scientific studies, argued that there was no longer a “current” risk of social dangerousness for the man, as he was suffering from a “brief” psychotic disorder at the time of the facts, which was no longer present.

The grounds for the sentence will be filed in 90 days. To arrive in Italy 8 years ago, the Bangladeshi man explained during the psychiatric evaluation, he paid “€15,000 and €7,000 for the residence permit,” after having studied law to become a lawyer in his own country. He then worked as an “underpaid laborer for €3 per hour” in some textile factories in the Naples area, a condition that made him “sad and desperate,” without friends, and “ashamed because of it.”


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