The Italian thug Giuseppe Mastini, 60, nicknamed "
Johnny the Gypsy
", was arrested on Tuesday (September 15) in Sardinia after having made himself beautiful in early September for the seventh time in his long career, police said.
"
The fugitive detainee was found in a country house near Sassari
" in north-western Sardinia, where he was with a blacksmith, police said.
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Sentenced to life imprisonment and imprisoned in a high security prison in Sardinia since July 2017, he had not returned to his cell after a release on September 5, although he was going to be eligible for a semi-liberty regime next February.
"
We always escape for love,
" Giuseppe Mastini told police, quoted by the site of the daily
Il Corriere della Sera
.
His partner was not with him at the time of his arrest.
A search notice had been issued across the country to find the prisoner, who had dyed his hair platinum blonde.
In reaction to this umpteenth escape, an Italian police union demanded a change in exit rules, demanding the abolition of exit permits for criminals who had already attempted to escape.
Originally from the province of Bergamo (north), Giuseppe Mastini had settled with his family of “
Sinti
”
fairgrounds
in Rome in the 70s, before perpetrating his first murder at the age of eleven, according to the ANSA agency. .
His very first escape dates back to 1987, when he did not return to prison.
During his two-year run, he then perpetrated numerous crimes: theft, taking a young girl hostage, murder of a police officer, injuries inflicted on another.
He was also cited in the investigation into the murder of filmmaker Pier Paolo Pasolini in 1975.
