Thursday, September 8, 2011

Modern-day 'Robin Hood' held in Italy

Italian police have arrested a man they described as a "modern Robin Hood", who carried out a series of crimes to give money to the poor.
Pasquale D'Angelo, 37, used a toy gun to hold up a branch of the Banca Nazionale di Lavoro in Rimini on Thursday morning.
He made off with €3,500 (£2,640), which he took to a nearby bar and started distributing among the poorer customers.
Then he visited a butcher's shop, a fruit stand and a hairdresser's, giving the money away.
Finally, he hailed a taxi to take him to a church, but was apprehended.
Nine days earlier, D'Angelo relieved the Cassa di Risparmio di Forli bank of around £1,900 and gave the money to tramps.
He is in prison in Rimini, after choosing to remain silent before a judge.
Luca Greco, his lawyer, has requested a psychiatric assessment of his client.
For the past two years D'Angelo has worked as a volunteer at a religious organisation in Rimini.
Members of the charity told local newspapers that he was a "very good and altruistic man".
However, they noted that his behaviour had become erratic following the death of his mother in January.

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