Fabrizio Corona, Italy's most
famous paparazzi agent, on Thursday made a passionate plea with
judges to be allowed to serve the rest of a nearly 9-year
sentence for two separate convictions at home on grounds of his
poor mental state.
"I'm not well, I have serious psychological problems and I
ask you to give me a chance," Corona was quoted by one of his
lawyers as saying.
The prosecutor stated his opposition to the request and the
judges are expected to make a ruling within 10 days.
Earlier Corona's lawyers said their client was suffering
from anxiety, depression and panic attacks in the Milan jail
where he has been imprisoned for over two years.
He still has six years eight months to run following
convictions in 2013 relating to the fraudulent bankruptcy of his
once high-flying photography agency Corona's and the blackmail
of VIPs with compromising photographs.
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