Apple 'denied access' to Boettcher data

(ANSA) - Milan, February 29 - An expert witness for the prosecution told a Milan criminal court Monday that Apple has refused access to the phone and email data of defendant Alexander Boettcher, who is on trial for a November 2014 acid attack that disfigured university student Stefano Savi. "Apple is not allowing us to fully access the phone and to have all the data at our disposal," expert witness Mattia Epifani told the court.
    Former real estate broker Boettcher and girlfriend Martina Levato, an ex-student at Milan's private Bocconi University, are already serving 14-year sentences for a December 28, 2014, acid attack on Levato's ex-boyfriend Pietro Barbini, who risks losing the use of his right eye and was left with third-degree burns to his face and body. Also on Monday, the court heard that Boettcher had branded Levato numerous times - including on her genitals - because as he told her during an online chat "the master must brand his livestock". Prosecutors say this chat and other photographic and video material found on the defendant's phone and personal computer are evidence of "pure sadism".