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The tourist who was filmed apparently carving his name into a wall of Rome’s 2,000-year-old Colosseum late last month has sent a letter of apology to the local prosecutor’s office, his defense lawyer told CNN on Thursday.

“I admit with the deepest embarrassment that only after what regrettably happened, I learned of the antiquity of the monument,” the alleged perpetrator wrote in his letter to the prosecutor, his lawyer, Alexandro Maria Tirelli, told CNN. The tourist’s name is Ivan Dimitrov, his lawyer told CNN.

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[–] fluke@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children)

~~Name sounds Russian. If so, it figures. A society that, as a whole, appears to have quite he distain for other nation's monuments and culture. ~~ Also, for someone so apparently ignorant to some of modern humanity's greatest and most famous windows to our 'ancient' past, they write very well. Assuming it wasn't their solicitor who wrote it for them to sign, of course.

And that would totally defeat the point of sending the letter.

Edit: I am very wrong about the nationality of the 'alleged' vandal.

[–] BluePetrichor@kbin.social 7 points 1 year ago

Can we not jump to conclusions

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