(ANSA) - MILAN, 16 JAN - The DNA has made it possible to identify after 14 years the perpetrator of a sexual violence that took place on the street in Milan against a woman on her way to work.
He is a 49-year-old Algerian citizen, in prison since 2017 for other crimes.
The turning point in the investigations into the cold case of the carabinieri, coordinated by the Milan prosecutor's office, thanks to the correspondence of the genetic profile found on some cigarette butts found at the time of the violence and the salivary swab performed to the suspect in the San Vittore prison.
As part of the investigations directed by the deputy prosecutor Maria Letizia Mannella and the deputy prosecutor Alessia Menegazzo, the soldiers of the Operational Unit of the Milano Porta Monforte company carried out the custody order against the man - homeless and with a criminal record - precautionary measure in prison issued by the investigating judge Tommaso Perna.
Sexual violence and robbery aggravated the charges against him.
The facts date back to August 20, 2006, when at 6 am the woman showed up at the Mangiagalli clinic in shock, saying that she was attacked by a stranger while walking to the bus stop to go to work.
The man had approached with the excuse of asking her the time and, after having blocked her and plugged her mouth, had dragged her into a disused area, where he had forced her to suffer violence under the threat of hitting her with a large stone.
Before leaving, he had also stolen her gold chain, 20 euros and her cell phone.
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