A 76-year-old man plunged to
his death Tuesday as he tried to swing into his ex-wife's sixth
floor apartment on a rope attached to the rooftop, police said.
The man, a retired artisan, was carrying a gasoline
cannister with about 10 litres of fuel in a rucksack when he
fell.
The Italian man had owned the apartment but lost possession
to his Polish ex-wife, who is 20 years younger than him.
Passers-by in the centre of the Tuscan port town of Livorno
watched as the man clambered onto the roof of the building and
tried to lower himself down the rope and swing into the
apartment.
The man lost his grip on the rope, however, and plunged to
his death in the building's courtyard.
The man, who was not identified, had been banned from
visiting his ex wife after alleged stalking.
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