Man acquitted of motorway telepass fraud
Defendant appealed sentence saying he acted in broad daylight
12 October, 15:29
(ANSA) - Palermo, October 12 - A Messina appeals court on
Friday upheld a petition by a Sicilian shopkeeper against an
earlier sentence for driving through the Telepass-only lane of a
motorway toll station without paying.The man from Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto was sentenced to eight months in jail for fraud after having on 24 occasions driven at speed through a raised Telepass toll gate on the Palermo-Messina motorway in the wake of the preceding car. The defendant appealed against the sentence on grounds that he had been acting in broad daylight.
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