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The tourist who was filmed apparently carving his name into a wall of Rome’s 2,000-year-old Colosseum late last month has sent a letter of apology to the local prosecutor’s office, his defense lawyer told CNN on Thursday.

“I admit with the deepest embarrassment that only after what regrettably happened, I learned of the antiquity of the monument,” the alleged perpetrator wrote in his letter to the prosecutor, his lawyer, Alexandro Maria Tirelli, told CNN. The tourist’s name is Ivan Dimitrov, his lawyer told CNN.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

If he didn't know or if he did know and is now faking it, who the fuck cares? Charge his ass regardless. Not knowing is not a defense.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Who cares how old it is (for the sake of this argument). Is it yours?! If not, don't damage it!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Nah, I don’t own large businesses but i fully sport damaging them.

Value history not property.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

All they should need to do is prove that he went through third grade or whatever his local equivalent is to disprove that. Not to mention the fact that he paid for the tour and managed to get that far.

I don't know that this is something someone should go to prison for, because it's not protecting anybody to put him in prison, but he should definitely pay for a very long time.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

The guy carved his real name into the facade, filmed himself doing it, and posted it to social media.

This is what lawyers refer to as “res ipsa loquitur” or loosely translated to “the thing speaks for itself”. Let the video play in court and case closed.

Got to love how these idiots just make it so easy. Hope the courts throw the book at him with maximum penalties.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

It’s a bold strategy Cotton, let’s see if it pays off for him.

For real tho who the fuck doesn’t know what the colosseum is?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Weirdly enough CNN says he risks a 5,000 euros fine and 15 days in jail but the BBC claims he risks 15,000 euros and up to 5 years in prison

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-66121000

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

~~Name sounds Russian. If so, it figures. A society that, as a whole, appears to have quite he distain for other nation's monuments and culture. ~~ Also, for someone so apparently ignorant to some of modern humanity's greatest and most famous windows to our 'ancient' past, they write very well. Assuming it wasn't their solicitor who wrote it for them to sign, of course.

And that would totally defeat the point of sending the letter.

Edit: I am very wrong about the nationality of the 'alleged' vandal.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Can we not jump to conclusions

[–] [email protected] -4 points 1 year ago

A better apology would be cleaning the whole structure with a toothbrush.