Johnny the gypsy still on the run: does not return to his cell after a reward leave

He was on leave and was due to return to prison at noon, but has not returned to Bancali. Giuseppe Mastini, 60, the lifelong prisoner known as Johnny the Gypsy has escaped once again. He has been imprisoned since July 2017 in the maximum security prison of Sassari, after the previous escape that took place on June 30, 2017, from the Fossano prison (Cuneo).

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from our correspondent MASSIMO LUGLI

Also on that occasion he had gone out enjoying the regime of semi-freedom and had not returned. The same thing happened again. A search note was sent to all law enforcement agencies.

Mastini, whose nickname is linked to his Sinti origins, has a long trail of blood dating back to the late 1970s. His first murder dates back to when he was only eleven years old. Among the many cases in which Pier Paolo Pasolini’s was also involved. In the 1980s he spread terror in Rome.

His first escape dates back to 1987 when, taking advantage of a granted license, he did not return to prison and became the protagonist of numerous criminal acts: robberies, robberies, but also the kidnapping of a girl Silvia Leonardi, the murder of the security guard, Michele . Giraldi, and the wound of a carabinieri brigadier, Bruno Nolfi. He was captured two years later.

Now this new one, another escape. “The legislation that allows people who clearly should not be able to circulate to get out of prison must absolutely be changed – says Vincenzo Chianese, general secretary of Es Polizia – and not only to prevent the victims’ relatives from warning each time certain things happen. . the same pain again, but also because the feeling of impunity that exists in our country deeply undermines the credibility of the State ”.