Meloni furious as ‘paedophile migrant’ released because he said sorry
A Bangladeshi migrant accused of sexually assaulting a 13-year-old girl in Italy was released from police custody after two days because he apologised. The case made front-page news in Italy and Giorgia Meloni’s government has now intervened, ordering a review of the case. The young girl visited a corner shop on the outskirts of Turin to buy snacks for her siblings when the 42-year-old Bangladeshi man lured her into the back of the premises and sexually assaulted her. She returned home in tears and told her mother what had happened. The shopkeeper was arrested by police and remanded in custody. But he was released two days later after judges ruled that he had cooperated with police, had shown contrition and said he was sorry for what he had done. ‘State of shock’ “He gave me a drink as a gift, then he came close to me and asked if I had a boyfriend,” the girl told police, according to the Italian media. “He asked me how old I was. I told him and he said, …







