Italy’s highest judicial court overturned the conviction of a poor man who stole food out of necessity.
During November of 2011, Roman Ostriakov—a homeless young Ukrainian man—paid for a packet of bread sticks at a supermarket in Genoa, Italy.
Another customer in the store reported that Ostriakov had unpaid items in his pocket: two pieces of cheese and a packet of hot dogs. The cost of which totaled around four euros ($4.68).
On Feb. 12, 2015, Genoa’s Court of Appeals upheld Ostriakov’s conviction of theft in the first degree. On May 2, Italy’s Supreme Court of Cassation overturned the decision.
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Source: The Epoch Times
