Overview
- The Tribunal of Macerata acquitted a 31-year-old man of sexually assaulting a 17-year-old foreign student in an incident reported from summer 2019.
- The judges wrote that the girl had previously had sexual relations, agreed to go to a secluded area, and showed no outward resistance or calls for help in the car.
- Medical notes described ecchymotic lesions healable in eight days, with experts split on whether shoulder marks reflected forced restraint or a suction mechanism, and the court endorsed the defense’s view.
- The public prosecutor and civil parties have appealed, with a hearing reported today before the Court of Appeal of Ancona.
- The prosecutor argues the case file supports conviction, pointing to the complainant’s statements and corroboration from friends and a teacher after she sought emergency care.