A British tourist was raped in Sorrento by a former employee of a downtown shop. The man, a 32-year-old Italian of Tunisian origin, was sentenced to eight years in prison in a fast-track trial.
The assault occurred last summer. The woman, after sharing a drink with the man, was persuaded to follow him to a secluded spot where she was raped. The attack was captured on surveillance cameras.
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The investigations, conducted by the Carabinieri of Sorrento and coordinated by the Public Prosecutor's Office of Torre Annunziata, began immediately after the complaint of the victimThe man was identified and arrested in Sicily, where he had moved.
The trial, as Il Mattino reports, concluded with the man being sentenced to eight years in prison. This case is similar to others that have occurred in recent years on the Sorrento Peninsula, involving foreign tourists who have been victims of sexual violence.
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