Press Review

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Accused of Attempted Murder in Milan: 'I'm Better Off in Prison Than in Naples'

A ‘sad’ man, with few friends, ‘underpaid’, who ’lives better in prison compared to the condition he was in Naples’, where he worked in textile factories for a wage of ‘€3 per hour’. This is the description, akin to a modern ‘slave’, that emerges from the psychiatric evaluation of the 31-year-old Bangladeshi man arrested for attempted murder last August 12th in Milan after wounding an unknown 65-year-old woman in the throat with broken glass in Largo La Foppa. The consultancy reconstructs the life of the man who arrived in Italy in 2012. He left Bangladesh and university, which he attended ‘with good grades’—dreaming of becoming a lawyer—according to the report signed by the judge’s expert, Mario Mantero, and shared by the defense consultant, Marco Frongillo. […]

Man Who Attacked Woman: 'I Want to Stay in Prison'

To arrive in Italy 8 years ago, 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 left him ‘sad and desperate’, without friends, and ‘ashamed because of it’. He now says he is ‘better off in prison’ compared to his previous life. […]

Man Who Stabbed Woman in the Throat on the Street: 'I'm Better Off in Prison'

‘I’m better off in prison’. These are the words found in the psychiatric evaluation signed by psychiatrist Mario Mantero for the 31-year-old Bangladeshi man who, last August, wounded a 64-year-old woman with broken glass following a moment of madness in Largo La Foppa. ANSA reviewed the report. According to the document, to arrive in Italy 8 years ago, the man 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 left him ‘sad and desperate,’ without friends, and ‘ashamed because of it.’ […]

Woman Wounded in Largo La Foppa, Attacker: 'Better in Prison Than Outside'

The psychiatrist’s evaluation: the man suffers from an ‘acute brief psychotic disorder which totally excluded his capacity to understand and intend his actions.’ A ‘modern slave’, summarizes his lawyer, who worked in a textile factory ‘for €3 per hour’, so ‘sad’ that he now says he is ‘better off in prison’ than outside. This is how the psychiatric evaluation ordered by the preliminary hearings judge (GUP) Guido Salvini describes the 31-year-old Bangladeshi man arrested last August 12th for wounding a 64-year-old woman in the throat with a broken bottle shard in Largo La Foppa, central Milan. The report signed by psychiatrist Mario Mantero traces the life of the man who arrived in Italy in 2012. […]

Woman Wounded in Largo La Foppa, Attacker: 'Sad Life, Better in Prison'

The incident dates back to last August 12th. The woman only survived due to the intervention of passersby. To arrive in Italy 8 years ago, 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 left him ‘sad and desperate’, without friends, and ‘ashamed because of it’. He now says he is ‘better off in prison’ compared to his previous life. […]