4-month ban for prison officer who shot a Moroccan in hospital

A 4-month ban from carrying out service in the Penitentiary Police Force for the officer who on 16 August fired three gunshots wounding a 22-year-old Moroccan inside the 'hot room' of the Prato hospital. This was established by an order from the investigating judge of Prato at the request of the prosecutor's office which accuses the policeman of the crime of forgery. The investigating judge justified the measure to the prison officer with the risk of reiteration "of similar criminal behavior in consideration of the fact that the forgery conduct takes place immediately after a serious episode of service" and because "they appear functional to provide an altered representation of the facts suitable to justify ex post the use of the weapon and to accredit circumstances favorable to the suspect". The policeman in the same case is under investigation for attempted murder. In the case, the Moroccan attempted to escape from the emergency room where he was being treated for a mild head injury suffered after his arrest near the Prato prison after having thrown five tennis ball-type packages inside the penitentiary containing approximately 600 grams of hashish and two cell phones to an inmate from Georgia. The Moroccan was also accused of resisting a public official. "The measure was issued" against the prison officer "for two crimes of forgery committed in order to gain impunity for the crime of attempted murder which was provisionally contested against him". The fugitive Moroccan was injured by one of the three shots.