Former Milanese underworld
kingpin Renato Vallanzasca was sentenced on Friday to 10 months
in jail for the petty theft of two pairs of boxer shorts and
other small items totaling 66 euros in a supermarket last June.
At the time, Vallanzasca was on a work release program that
allowed him to leave prison for work each day and return in the
evening, a privilege which was revoked following his arrest for
the supermarket theft.
The 63-year-old Vallanzasca is one of Italy's most
notorious gangsters, making headlines in the 1970s for his
multiple jail breaks, prison riots, and life as a fugitive.
At the time of the supermarket theft, Vallanzasca was
already serving four life prison terms consecutively for
racketeering and murder.
In recent days, Vallanzasca said he believes he was framed
for the theft because of statements he gave to prosecutors in an
investigation taking place in the town of Forlì.
The Forlì prosecutor refutes this charge, citing that the
investigation Vallanzasca is referring to "began two months
after this [theft]".
The former gangster had also previously claimed that he had
been "stitched up" by authorities, because at the time of the
theft he was coming up on the possibility of release for good
behavior.
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