Rome, 7 Aug. (LaPresse) – “Roggero works all day and we have all the determination to be close to him and his family, even when maybe the spotlight goes out and people are on vacation.” This was stated by Deputy Prime Minister and League Secretary Matteo Salvini at a press briefing following his visit to Bollate prison where Mario Roggero, the Grinzane Cavour jeweler sentenced to 14 years and 9 months for killing two robbers, is serving his sentence. “He’s facing tens of thousands of euros in legal fees, so we’ll also try to stay close to him and ask Italians to lend a hand”, Salvini added. In the meeting with the jeweler, the owner of the MIT then explained that he had spoken “about what his grandchildren and daughters do, about what he does, that he goes out in the morning and comes back in the evening because he takes care of the library. It reacts well, it’s been three weeks now, it fills the time. He’s in good health, obviously after 72 years it’s the first mid-August he’ll spend at lunch with his cellmates. The important thing is to have your head full of things to do, I suggested he write down his experience inside and out. I am in contact with the wife, we exchange mutual reflections. I’m trying to be there, beyond accompanying the rules that Mario is interested in, if I can even next week I’ll come back to update myself on what he’s done”. Finally, Salvini highlighted that there was no discussion about the pardon: “I didn’t say anything, he didn’t say anything. Absolutely low profile, recognition of the conviction that exists. Then whoever will make his assessments in the ways and times he deems appropriate, there is no pressure. Our commitment is that he gets out as soon as possible, the sentence can be served either in prison or under house arrest. Let’s try to do what we can”.
Roggero case: Salvini sees jeweler in Bollate, no mention of pardon
Rome, 7 Aug. (LaPresse) – “Roggero works all day and we have all the determination to be close to him and his family, even when maybe the spotlight goes out and people are on vacation.” This was stated by Deputy Prime Minister and League Secretary Matteo Salvini at a press briefing following his visit to Bollate prison where Mario Roggero, the Grinzane Cavour jeweler sentenced to 14 years and 9 months for killing two robbers, is serving his sentence. “He’s facing tens of thousands of euros in legal fees, so we’ll also try to stay close to him and ask Italians to lend a hand”, Salvini added. In the meeting with the jeweler, the owner of the MIT then explained that he had spoken “about what his grandchildren and daughters do, about what he does, that he goes out in the morning and comes back in the evening because he takes care of the library. It reacts well, it’s been three weeks now, it fills the time. He’s in good health, obviously after 72 years it’s the first mid-August he’ll spend at lunch with his cellmates. The important thing is to have your head full of things to do, I suggested he write down his experience inside and out. I am in contact with the wife, we exchange mutual reflections. I’m trying to be there, beyond accompanying the rules that Mario is interested in, if I can even next week I’ll come back to update myself on what he’s done”. Finally, Salvini highlighted that there was no discussion about the pardon: “I didn’t say anything, he didn’t say anything. Absolutely low profile, recognition of the conviction that exists. Then whoever will make his assessments in the ways and times he deems appropriate, there is no pressure. Our commitment is that he gets out as soon as possible, the sentence can be served either in prison or under house arrest. Let’s try to do what we can”.