“Mom, wake up from your sleep, they know it’s me, they know…”: they intercept a real confession.
After having collected important clues about his responsibilities, the Carabinieri of the Poggioreale Operations Unit and the agents of the Naples Flying Squad who today - at the end of investigations coordinated by the deputy prosecutor Claudia De Luca - took a 17-year-old from the Ponticelli neighborhood to the first reception center of Colli Aminei awaiting the hearing before the investigating judge Paola Brunese.
Investigators are accusing him of a series of crimes (aggravated attempted murder, aggravated attempted robbery, illegal possession of a firearm in a public place and receiving stolen goods) in relation to a bloody attempted robbery of a scooter that took place on March 29, during which the bandits shot twice at a 32-year-old engineer who refused to hand over the vehicle. The video of the incident immediately went viral and the victim risked his life and then also the amputation of a leg.
On May 31, law enforcement set a trap for the 17-year-old: they made him understand that he was the boy dressed in black who, with an accomplice who is still being identified, shot the engineer.
They make a clear reference to his height (“but how tall you are, one meter and fifty”) and to the fact that the images from the video surveillance system of the petrol station where the incident occurred (in the presence of a witness, a foreigner who works there) are so clear as to allow a reliable identification of the people involved.
After having delivered a summons to appear at the police station, the officers leave and record the following conversation through the wiretaps: the boy admits to being part of a gang that presumably after the robberies also asks for a ransom for the return of the loot (the so-called 'return horse' technique), and also to having committed other robberies.
But for fear of being discovered, he says he stopped: “We would already be in prison if we were still committing robberies, we would have already shot seven of them (seven victims)”. “I don’t commit robberies anymore, but I have done them”, he says again and then adds: “They know the truth” (about the identity of the person who wounded the 32-year-old). “He said it: you shoot someone for a scooter”, replies a person who was at home with the 17-year-old, and the minor replies “eh, people are stupid”.
At this point, he clearly understands what his fate will be and begins to show his first fears: "They're going to arrest me". During a phone call with his mother, confirmation of his involvement arrives: "Mom, wake up from your sleep, they know it's me, they know it's me, wake up from your sleep, they know it's me".
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