The janitor who touched a pupil was sentenced on appeal: at first instance he had been acquitted because the palpata had lasted a few seconds

Impossible to forget that first instance sentence. It had become viral as well as being condemned by those who deal with the fight against violence. The case was that of a janitor acquitted by the accusation of harassment because the palpata at the pupil’s seats had lasted between 5 and 10 seconds. The story dates back to April 2022, the janitor had been accused of violence for having touched the buttocks of a 17 year old while climbing the stairs. At first instance the judges had acquitted him, while finding that the fact had occurred, speaking of a clumsy and perhaps also playful gesture. “It lasts a handful of seconds, without any delay in the touch” He said the sentence that was overturned two years later.

It was then said that It is not time that quantifies harassmentten seconds are not few if you undergo a gesture against your will. Above all, it appeared clear that a sentence like that seemed to invite not to report.

Now 68 years old, currently retired, The man was sentenced to two years of imprisonment. The Court of Appeal reformed the ruling for the janitor who was on duty at the Chine TV Institute Roberto Rossellini in Rome. The MIUR was sentenced to compensation for damages. The victim was present in the classroom, but did not comment on the sentence. Claudia Pirolli, Avola’s lawyer, also supported in the second degree of judgment that the man “was inappropriate, but did not commit a crime”.