Gay Couple Attacked for Holding Hands: Homophobic Aggravation Dropped in New Year's Eve Beating

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Italian justice comes back to deal with a deep regulatory vacuum. Twenty months after the brutal aggression suffered by Stephano and Matteo in the Malatesta neighborhood in Rome, the first hearing of the trial confirmed an orientation that is causing debate: the judge rejected the request of the prosecutor to apply the special charge for discrimination, excluding that homophobia falls within the cases provided for in Article 604-ter of the Crimi…

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By Luca Franceschi /// A New Year's Day 2025, in the capital, a gay couple was attacked by three men for the simple gesture of holding hands. At a distance of time, one of the leaders was sent to trial, while the other two will be put to trial. Although the outcome of the [...]

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The attack took place on New Year's Eve 2025 in Piazza Roberto Malatesta, at Pigneto

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A judicial breakthrough has emerged in the attack on a gay couple in Prenestino on New Year's Eve 2025. The Rome preliminary hearing judge has ordered a committal for trial and two probationary periods for the three defendants. This decision marks a turning point but reopens the legal debate over the aggravating circumstance of discrimination. The attack on the gay couple […]