On September 14 New York Times reported that last week Dutch police officer A man was arrested after believing he was a mafia boss in Sicily. Italy fleeing at the request of Italian authorities before finding out that they caught the wrong person.
by a 54-year-old British man, identified only as Mark L. that traveled from England to the netherlands to watch the Formula One, Dutch Grand Prix in Sandsourt on September 5. But while he was having dinner with his son At a restaurant in The Hague
According to local media reports, Armed police officers arrested him. because he thinks he is Matteo Messi Denaro A Mafia boss from Sicily, Italy, has been on the Italian wanted list since 1993.
and is escaping after killing a police officer and a prosecutor and also planted a car bomb that killed dozens of people. and nearly a hundred more injuries in the early 1990s earned him the nickname of ‘Europe’s Most Wanted Criminal’
At that point, Mark L. was blindfolded and sent to the highest-security prison. before he was confined to one person then the next day Leon Van Cleef Lawyers were contacted by the local police. The detainee asked him to be specifically legal representative.
After that, when Van Cleef came to visit the man. before finding out that he was not the mafia boss he had just studied. But he is an English man from Liverpool. He speaks with a Liverpool accent. And it has roots there, not Sicily, Italy.
It wasn’t until last Saturday that Van Cleef was told by police that his client would be released after it was determined that Mr Mark L. was not the Italian mafia, as many have thought.
“Imagine you’re having a good time eating and suddenly appearing in the most secure prison in the Netherlands. It was like a nightmare to him, he was a normal F1 fan.” Van Cleef said “When my client’s wife which initially worried But when I realized that this was a misunderstanding And her husband was arrested for being Matteo Messina Denaro, she couldn’t stop laughing.”
source: nytimes/theguardian
