It all started from a coffee. They were in a supermarket in Bologna and with a joke he, a talkative 36-year-old, approached her insistently. She didn't think too much, she said yes but 'to get rid of him'. At that point the nightmare began. He somehow managed to get her cell phone number and in the following days the harassment started: calls, messages, stalking outside work. The life of Isella Marzocchi, a 52-year-old from Bologna, has totally changed.
After a few months, the woman decided to report the stalker. Red code, electronic bracelet for him and GPS for her. Then the investigations, the trial and, on Monday, February 19, the sentence to 2 years, writes the Corriere della Sera. 'Yes he was convicted, but they tell me he won't serve a day in prison and so I keep going around with the spray and looking around', confessed Isella.
All for that coffee
Her movements at work, in her neighborhood, but also her habits, everything has suffered. She has a device (the GPS) connected to the stalker's bracelet and to the Carabinieri's headquarters. 'It rings every time he gets within 400 meters of where I am. The prohibition symbol appears with a stylized figure that tells me 'you are in a risk area'', explained Isabella. But she doesn't feel safe, in 7 months the alert has sounded 40 times.
He calls her from different numbers every time, sends her provocative messages, gets jealous if he sees her with her husband. He thinks that with that coffee 'a relationship' began. At first, colleagues and family didn't leave her alone. In the first two weeks after the complaint, when they had to wait to have the device available to be worn by the 36-year-old, she never left home. The fear was too much.
'It distresses me to know that sooner or later they will remove the bracelet from him because it is clear that he is a disturbed person'. And now? 'I'm also thinking of changing city. All for that coffee'.
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