Cop allegedly raped houseguests

(ANSA) - Padua, February 5 - An Italian police officer allegedly used the website Couchsurfing to find women houseguests whom he subsequently drugged and raped, according to a story in Friday's L'Espresso weekly newsmagazine.
    The 35-year-old officer, Dino Maglio, was put under house arrest a year ago following a report by a 16-year-old Australian girl who claimed she had been raped by Maglio after drinking wine that he offered her during her stay at his home while travelling with her mother and sister.
    Investigators said Maglio continued his alleged abuse despite being under house arrest, and after subsequent accusers came forward, he was put in jail.
    The Investigative Reporting Project Italy (IRPI) said fourteen other women claiming to be victims of Maglio have since come forward to tell their stories, and six of them have filed formal complaints with the Padua prosecutor's office.
    The women claimed that after drinking some of the "special wine" that Maglio offered them, they were sexually abused.
    Maglio initially said the sex was consensual, but during a search of his home investigators found 40 tablets of a strong sedative drug, which they say Maglio later admitted he used on the 16-year-old Australian girl.