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11 September 2020The boys arrested on charges of sexual violence against two English underage tourists in Matera are all very young.

They are between 19 and 23 years old.


To reconstruct the attack and put the first pieces of the investigation, the Procurator of the Republic of Matera, Pietro Argentino, during the press conference in the Police Headquarters of the Città dei Sassi.

In addition to the 4 arrested in the violence, 4 other boys would have participated.

Three of them are under investigation in a state of freedom.



The Pack The Pack


said the Prosecutor was made up of 8 people and the investigations continue to understand the role of these other boys



They defended themselves with kicks and punches


In the reconstruction done, the prosecutor said the girls tried to defend themselves by biting into an intimate part of one of the boys.



The chronicle of that evening


After the violence, which would have lasted 15 minutes, the girls returned to the party, where the older sister of one of the two was.

The young women locked in the bathroom, they told her everything.

Once home they called 118. "At that party organized for the birthday of a 47 year old, the minors were accompanied - explains the Prosecutor - by the 30 year old sister of one of the two".



The lawyer of the 2 victims


 "The girls are strong, tenacious, they are better and I hope they can support the accusation with firmness, decision and clarity, and remembering all the details." The lawyer Giuseppe Rago explained to LaPresse, lawyer of the families of the two English minors victims of sexual violence. "At first - explained the lawyer - they were unable to remember all the details, they were in shock and also under the effect of hallucinogenic substances". according to the lawyer would take not of their own volition. After being numbed would happen gang rape.



they stay in Matera for recording evidence


at the time said the Chief Prosecutor of the Republic of Matera, Peter Argentine girls will stay in Matera for evidentiary incident.