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Elia Del Grande Defends Escape as Manhunt Intensifies Across Northern Italy

From hiding, he portrays the Castelfranco Emilia work-house as punitive and faults the surveillance court for ordering his placement there.

Overview

  • Police have searched for more than a week across Emilia-Romagna, Lombardy and Sardinia, with attention on the Cadrezzate area where he lived after release.
  • He emailed VareseNews claiming the work-house resembled the old psychiatric-judicial hospitals and said he had rebuilt a life before the new security measure.
  • Investigators are examining whether he had help, including from his partner, and are reviewing earlier local complaints about vandalism and threats near Cadrezzate.
  • He left the facility by scaling a six-metre wall using an improvised rope made from electrical wires, according to accounts of the escape.
  • Rights group Antigone previously rated the Castelfranco Emilia facility positively, and legal experts note that absconding from a security measure can reset time already served under it.