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Ex-Man City star WILL be jailed over gang rape of Albanian woman in Italy, Brazil’s Supreme Court rules
FORMER Man City (UK) star Robinho will finally serve his nine-year jail sentence for a gang-rape committed in Italy, Brazil’s Supreme Court has ruled.
Italy issued an international arrest warrant for Robinho, but the former Premier League star has dodged jail for seven years while living in Sao Paulo. Convicted in 2017, he will now serve his sentence in Brazil at the request of Italian authorities in an unprecedented move.
The former Santos star says he is innocent. But on Wednesday Brazil’s Superior Court of Justice (STJ) took a fresh look at Italy’s request. Nine of the 15 ministers voted in favour of the player serving his sentence in his home country – forming a simple majority and sealing the footballer’s fate.
They did not judge whether the player was guilty or innocent, but whether he should serve the sentence in Brazil or not. Robinho is now set to be incarcerated immediately, Globo reports.
Robinho was one of a group of six men convicted of sexually assaulting an Albanian woman in a club on January 22, 2013 during his stint for AC Milan.
He was found guilty in November 2017 in an Italian court and has made several failed attempts over the years to appeal.-(source: www.thesun.co.uk)
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