Attacks on shopkeepers are a matter of prevention and control says ANM

Attacks on shopkeepers are a matter

of police prevention and control and citizens cannot take the

law into their own hands, magistrates union ANM said after

jeweler Mario Roggero got almost 15 years in jail for shooting

dead two fleeing robbers near Cuneo in 2021.

"Beyond the specific judicial case of Mario Roggero, the issue

of attacks and violence against shopkeepers or in the homes of

private citizens obviously cannot be underestimated, but this,

if anything, pertains to crime prevention and territorial

control," said ANM President Giuseppe Tango.

"I would like to point out that the law already provides for the

sacrosanct principle of self-defense, but it cannot tolerate

private revenge. To say otherwise is to undermine the

foundations of the rule of law, and those representing the

institutions should be well aware of this."

Right-wing parties are calling for Roggero to be pardoned

because he allegedly acted in self-defence when he pursued the

pair of robbers and virtually executed them.

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