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Italy police nab 'paralysed' mafia boss on the run

Nov 24, 2009 6:15 PM | By Sapa-AP

A convicted Mafia boss who got out of jail by faking paralysis and anorexia has been arrested at a restaurant after more than two months on the run, police in Sicily said.

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Officers arrested Francesco Di Stefano on Monday as he dined at a seaside village near the Sicilian city of Catania, which he had reached at the wheel of a sports car.

Police official Giovanni Signer said that when officers asked him why he was not in a wheelchair, Di Stefano answered: "It's a miracle!"

Di Stefano was sentenced to 30 years in prison for murder, associating with the Mafia and drug trafficking, police in Catania said in a statement.

He had been allowed to serve the sentence at his wife's home in the northern city of Bologna after being hospitalized twice for anorexia and post-traumatic paraplegia. Di Stefano, 36, escaped house arrest in September.

Signer said it was now clear that the boss had faked his condition, using "his willpower" to reach the weight of 38 kilograms.

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Nov 24 2009 07:09:39 PM
hoodoo
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Diet to go free...that worked....but...."a miracle"...now that is priceless.!

Another scoop bt the Times. These guys are really excelling...wow!
Nov 24 2009 07:35:31 PM
Sbonelo
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And the racists thought it was just the ANC and Shabeer that stumbling blocks in terms of legal parole. Imagine that it could happen in another country and, GOD FORBID IT WAS NOT A BLACK MANS FAULT!!!!!!!!!! I still cant belive it, no black man to blame? The bigots of boere must be disapointed.
Nov 24 2009 09:36:51 PM
Vlad
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This is a juxtaposition if I ever did see one.... paralysed man on the run...

HAHAHAHAHA!!!
Nov 24 2009 09:39:01 PM
Vlad
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Seems like Sbonelo is FINDING reasons to be racist...

No where in the report was ANYTHING mentioned about black, white, charr-ou or bruin-ou...

Thick and thicker= Sbonelo and Sechaba!
Nov 25 2009 03:04:10 AM
samurai14
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100% correct Vlad, and what the idiot is forgetting is that they caught him again, so UNLIKE SA were they just let them all off for free, the other countries catch them again....so your point is what again idiot...
Nov 25 2009 08:03:22 AM
marhuleni
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Firstly when I read the heading I said to myslef "SA police nab 'medically paroled' mafia boss Shaik on the run"
Nov 25 2009 08:12:54 AM
v3
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Disapproval of Mafia bosses and corrupt ANC cronies has nothing to do with race. It is disapproval of their dishonesty.
The longer Shaik survives his "terminal illness" (caught a virus from his computer?) the more apparant it is that he was sprung, just like Zuma, in defiance of the rule of law.

No wonder communities are resorting to "bundu courts"


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