The supreme Court of Cassation on
Friday rejected an appeal by Agrigento prosecutors against a
July ruling that released Sea-Watch3 captain Carola Rackete from
house arrest.
The 31-year-old woman from Germany was arrested after
allegedly hitting a finance police vessel as she defied a ban in
order to land 40 migrants on the island of Lampedusa, saying she
was afraid some might commit suicide after being at sea for 17
days following a rescue off Libya.
She said she could not avoid the finance police vessel and
had not rammed it deliberately.
The Sea-Watch3 is run by the German migrant rescue NGO
Sea-Watch and flies a Dutch flag.
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