Graziano Mesina

[6] Mesina escaped from prison in 1966 with Miguel Atienza by climbing over a 7.3 m (24 ft) wall and began a kidnapping spree.

[7] After he was arrested a crowd of schoolgirls gathered at the police station with cards saying "I love you" on them.

[4] In August 1976, Mesina broke out of Lecce prison with a group of Italian mafia.

He took refuge in the apartment of Valeria Fusè in Vigevano, but on 18 April, the carabinieri arrested both of them.

[12] In July 2003, Mesina asked for pardon from the President of the Italian Republic,[13] and on 25 November 2004, it was granted.

[13] On 24 November 2004,[6] then-President of Italy Carlo Azeglio Ciampi pardoned Mesina, believing he "would turn over a new leaf".

[4] On 12 December 2016, Mesina was sentenced to 30 years imprisonment, and also ordered the revocation of his pardon.