10131 Came across this and thought worth sharing?

We have been discussing crime lately on this Forum so I thought I'd see what info I could find about crime in italy...found this interesting (dated Sept 07).

[url=http://www.guardianweekly.co.uk/?page=editorial&id=128&catID=6]Guardian Weekly[/url]

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General chat about Italy

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Mon, 08/04/2008 - 16:37

That'll teach him not to fight! I'm surprised he actually got the hours exercise.

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Mon, 08/04/2008 - 16:55

Terrifying experience; however, if he learned his lesson.... he will be wiser in the future. I don't think we will see him again in Italy, though.....

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Tue, 08/05/2008 - 02:52

[quote=juliancoll;94303]That'll teach him not to fight! I'm surprised he actually got the hours exercise.[/quote]

How do you know he was fighting? Who is to say he was not picked up with a bunch that were fighting. Unless you know all the facts, I would not jump to criticise.

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Tue, 08/05/2008 - 03:00

An interesting site can be found here, maybe it will open the eyes of a lot of people when one do some searching.

[url=http://www.nationmaster.com/index.php]NationMaster - World Statistics, Country Comparisons[/url]

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Tue, 08/05/2008 - 03:12

[quote=Markcarter;94324]How do you know he was fighting? Who is to say he was not picked up with a bunch that were fighting. Unless you know all the facts, I would not jump to criticise.[/quote]

If you carefully read the article, it says:

[B][I]"Earlier on that Friday morning, Matthew had been brought before the magistrate in the Naples jail after being arrested following a brawl in the early hours of Thursday morning."[/I][/B]
I don't think that he would have been arrested for being an onlooker.

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Tue, 08/05/2008 - 04:52

[quote=Markcarter;94324]How do you know he was fighting? Who is to say he was not picked up with a bunch that were fighting. Unless you know all the facts, I would not jump to criticise.[/quote]

Actually Mark, thanks for your post because you are right - even though I was being flippant when I said "that will teach him not to fight" because he was sent to a tough jail in a tough area with tough inmates and I'm fairly confident he will have had a tough time there, hence he may have seen what fighting was really about while there - but I accept it came across as hypercritical to post that as I was not there and don't know what happened. Apologies.

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Tue, 08/05/2008 - 06:48

[quote=Gala Placidia;94327]If you carefully read the article, it says:

[B][I]"Earlier on that Friday morning, Matthew had been brought before the magistrate in the Naples jail after being arrested following a brawl in the early hours of Thursday morning."[/I][/B]
I don't think that he would have been arrested for being an onlooker.[/quote]

Actually the reason I said it was because it happened to me once. Half a dozen people causing trouble and the police turned up and arrested half the resturant. Most did not end up in jail, but then the police spoke English.