Bollate, Salvini da Roggero in cella: "Giusta la grazia, sarei orgoglioso di candidarlo con la Lega"

The day after being admitted to Bollate prison, the League leader visits Mario Roggero, the goldsmith convicted of killing two robbers and seriously injuring a third after a robbery in his jewelry store. "He's fine, and he wants to let his family know and thank the many Italians who support him," Salvini says, after spending about an hour with Roggero in the Milanese prison, while outside several representatives of the League's young members held a sit-in in support of the cause. "I think his wife did the right thing in asking for a pardon: we don't put pressure on anyone, the President of the Republic will decide, but I will certainly work to ensure that a 72-year-old man doesn't spend 14 years behind bars. Would he run for the League? I'd be proud." Regarding Roggero's armed attack on his daughter's boyfriend, he speaks of "fanciful reconstructions by the press and the alleged victim." Read