Naples. Caught by cameras and wiretaps, the now infamous tobacco thief from Materdei has been in prison since yesterday in Santa Maria Capua Vetere on charges of multiple aggravated theft and, especially, attempted extortion.
The prosecutors Stella Castaldo, Enrica Parascandolo, Daniela Varrone and the deputy Pierpaolo Filippelli who are coordinating the investigations of the Carabinieri of the Stella company have decided to arrest him because Gaetano Scutellaro he could have pollute the evidence but above all as a free man, after the first report at large for theft, flee abroad. And he was already doing it since he was stopped at the airport while trying to board a flight via Spain to Fuerteventura to the islands Canaries.
The 57-year-old, assisted by thelawyer Vincenzo Strazzullo, will have to explain to the magistrates the incident and above all the request for money from the elderly woman in her neighborhood who held the winning 500 thousand euro scratch card.
The magistrates also assessed the degree of dangerousness of the character involved in some old investigations into robberies, later acquitted, such as the one that ended in blood on 7 July 1989 with the death of the Terni entrepreneur. Sergio Contessa. From social media we can see a very high standard of living with constant travel in Thailandin Malaysia, In UAE, display of expensive Rolex on the wrist, banquets with oysters and champagne and more.
Scutellaro was then bloccato by the Carabinieri of the “Stella” company of Naples on the Caserta section of the A1, at the height of Teano, while he was driving towards Naples on board his car.
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All morning yesterday he tried to argue that He was the one who bought the winning ticket and not the old lady, who was only responsible for collecting the winnings. In fact, he said, he did not want to enter that tobacconist's because it was owned by "unwelcome" people, namely his ex-wife. Furthermore, he added, he did not believe that such a large sum was involved. He thought he had won just 500 euros.
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But his version of the story turned out to be totally different from the one given by the victim, and not supported by the images from the store's video surveillance systems and the statements made by witnesses. Yet Scutellaro, who among other things is a recipient of a disability pension, had appeared particularly confident when Fiumicino he went to the police station to report the old lady, falsely accusing her of having stolen his lucky coupon.
Meanwhile, in Materdei Street, residents continue to be bipartisan: there are those who condemn Scutellaro without appeal and those who instead attenuate his responsibilities by stating that in front of such a figure it is also understandable to lose one's head. And tonight we also expect thelottery drawThe most played trios were 46, 72 and 89: money, amazement and the old lady.
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