Came across this and thought worth sharing?

[Noble]

We have been discussing crime lately on this Forum so I thought I'd see what info I could find about crime in italy...found this interesting (dated Sept 07).

Guardian Weekly

[juliancoll]

That'll teach him not to fight! I'm surprised he actually got the hours exercise.

[Gala Placidia]

Terrifying experience; however, if he learned his lesson.... he will be wiser in the future. I don't think we will see him again in Italy, though.....

[Markcarter]

Originally Posted by juliancoll

That'll teach him not to fight! I'm surprised he actually got the hours exercise.

How do you know he was fighting? Who is to say he was not picked up with a bunch that were fighting. Unless you know all the facts, I would not jump to criticise.

[livarandsofie]

An interesting site can be found here, maybe it will open the eyes of a lot of people when one do some searching.

NationMaster - World Statistics, Country Comparisons

[Gala Placidia]

Originally Posted by Markcarter

How do you know he was fighting? Who is to say he was not picked up with a bunch that were fighting. Unless you know all the facts, I would not jump to criticise.

If you carefully read the article, it says:

"Earlier on that Friday morning, Matthew had been brought before the magistrate in the Naples jail after being arrested following a brawl in the early hours of Thursday morning."
I don't think that he would have been arrested for being an onlooker.

[juliancoll]

Originally Posted by Markcarter

How do you know he was fighting? Who is to say he was not picked up with a bunch that were fighting. Unless you know all the facts, I would not jump to criticise.

Actually Mark, thanks for your post because you are right - even though I was being flippant when I said "that will teach him not to fight" because he was sent to a tough jail in a tough area with tough inmates and I'm fairly confident he will have had a tough time there, hence he may have seen what fighting was really about while there - but I accept it came across as hypercritical to post that as I was not there and don't know what happened. Apologies.

[Markcarter]

Originally Posted by Gala Placidia

If you carefully read the article, it says:

"Earlier on that Friday morning, Matthew had been brought before the magistrate in the Naples jail after being arrested following a brawl in the early hours of Thursday morning."
I don't think that he would have been arrested for being an onlooker.

Actually the reason I said it was because it happened to me once. Half a dozen people causing trouble and the police turned up and arrested half the resturant. Most did not end up in jail, but then the police spoke English.