Rome minicar gang, mother of a suspect: "He is not a monster, but he must pay"

"My son will have to assume his responsibilities, but he is not a monster." The mother of one of the two minors who were involved in attacks on at least six people in Rome on board a minicar between 4 and 5 October spoke to La Repubblica, including the actor Davide Iacopini, who is still hospitalized in intensive care. "I would like to speak to Davide Iacopini's mother and apologize to her", added the mother of the 16 year old who was sitting on the passenger side of the black vehicle tracked down after 10 days of searches by the Carabinieri and local police.

The mother of the 16-year-old stopped: "That minicar is not ours"

"That minicar isn't ours, we can't afford a minicar, but rich or poor you can't be saved from what life throws in your face. My son was in that car, unfortunately I know it since Tuesday night and now we have to deal with it", continues the woman. "We went to the barracks, we were the ones who admitted them. I spent the whole night with him, talking to him, understanding", he explained, referring to the other boy's mother. "They didn't want to give any beatings, my son told me that they intended it to be a joke: to scare passers-by", he added, underlining that the two "didn't have to play those jokes, they shouldn't have. At that moment they didn't understand that it was serious. After reading what had happened, they were terrified".

The two minors accused of attempted murder

The turning point in the investigation dates back to last Tuesday when a report led to the identification of the minicar parked in one of the streets between the Testaccio and Monteverde districts. The older of the two boys, 17 years old, is accused of having acted as the driver of the vehicle, but both have been reported for attempted murder and injury. The entire file has been sent to the Prosecutor's Office at the Juvenile Court who will have to listen to the suspects again and evaluate the possible application of a measure. Meanwhile, yesterday the two young people were taken to the barracks where, in front of the prosecutor Ambrogio Cassiani, in charge of the proceedings, they confessed their responsibilities. "It was us, we had so much fun that night", one of the two would have said in front of the investigators.