A lawyer from the northern town of
Usmate Velate, near Monza, has become the first person in Italy
to be convicted of the crime of "judicial stalking".
The man was given a four-year prison term and suspended from his
profession for five years after being found guilty of using
judicial means to 'stalk' a businessman from Brianza.
Prosecutors said the lawyer embarked on over 200 civil and
criminal law suits against the businessman after he stopped
using his services in 2011.
They said he used "systematic, specious, incessant, groundless
law suits" to harass the victim and his family, forcing them to
"change their habits and exposing them to continual legal costs
and serious consequences in professional and personal image
terms".
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