The Hungarian authorities are likely to grant house arrest to Ilaria Salis, the 39-year-old Monzaelementary school teacher and antifascist militant facing up to 24 years in Budapest for allegedly attacking two neo Nazis lastFebruary, only after a verdict has been handed down, herHungarian lawyer Gyorgy Magyar told ANSA on Saturday.
This has been the practice followed by the judicial authorities in similar cases in the past, he explained.
Magyar also said he is skeptical about the possibility of Salisbeing grated house arrest on the premises of the Italian embassy in Budapest since she does not have a domicile in the Hungariancapital.
"There is no known example here for such a solution," he explained.
Last Monday images of Salis being led into a Budapest courtroom on a chain and wearing hand and ankle cuffs sparked public outrage in Italy and led the government to protest.
Rome is insisting that her lawyers ask for her to be released from prison custody to house arrest in Hungary so that she can then perhaps be transferred to house arrest in Italy.
Salis was arrested in Budapest in February 2023 following a counter demonstration against a neo-Nazi rally celebrating the 'Day of Honour' commemorating a Nazi WWII regiment.
She was charged with three counts of attempted assault and accused of being part of an extreme left-wing organisation.
She denies the charges, which could see her jailed for up to 24 years.
Her trial of her has been adjourned until May 24.
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