A 22-year-old man from Mali, accused of raping a woman in her seventies inside her home in Pistoia, has been freed after an Italian court annulled his pre-trial detention on technical grounds. Judges found that the original custody order had not been translated into French, a language the defendant understands.
The assault took place on June 19, 2025, when the attacker allegedly followed the woman into her building, threatened her with a knife, and held her captive before carrying out the rape. He fled the scene but was located two days later at Florence’s main train station and arrested. Since late June, he had been held in custody while awaiting trial.
Proceedings against him began last week in Pistoia, where the victim had to recount the attack in court. She gave evidence about what prosecutors describe as a sustained and traumatic assault inside her own home.
However, on Tuesday, the Florence review court overturned the detention order after the defense successfully argued that the failure to translate the document into the defendant’s primary language constituted a serious procedural violation.
The man is now free in Italy, and proceedings must be restarted.
The victim’s family said they fear the man could seek revenge and that the family is now reluctant to leave the house.
“She identified him and testified against him, and now we are the ones living in fear,” said the victim’s daughter, as cited by La Nazione. She raised concerns that the suspect has no fixed address and has not been placed under electronic monitoring, making it highly likely he could either abscond or target the family.
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