ROME – He made her get into the car with the excuse that her phone was out of battery and she needed directions to get to the GRA in Rome. Then he took her phone (saying he had to make a couple of calls) and without giving it back to her, he took her to a secluded place and raped her. For this sexual violence, which occurred on May 8 in Rome against a 26-year-old student, the 39-year-old Simone Borgese was arrested: it is not the first time he has been accused of rape, given that for a previous sexual assault on a taxi driver, which occurred in 2015, the 39-year-old was arrested for robbery and violence and spent seven years in prison, until 10 November 2021 The incredible thing is that the 2015 sexual assault was also committed on May 8th. Nine years ago, Borgese stopped the taxi in the middle of the street saying he had to run to Fiumicino. He then made the taxi driver change itinerary several times, until she ended up in an isolated area of Ponte Galeria, where he beat her and then raped her.
In addition to the 2015 case, there is also a third episode of violence for which Borgese was sentenced to 2 years and 10 months in 2022: it happened in 2014 inside an elevator and the victim was a 17-year-old< /strong>. She had reported the violence but it had not been possible to trace the culprit, then after the news of the arrest in 2015 for the rape of the taxi driver, the girl said that it was him.
In the note from the Carabinieri which gives an account of the arrest (which took place on the basis of a precautionary custody order in prison for aggravated sexual assault) the dynamics of the rape, which occurred in the early afternoon of 8 May, is well explained. The victim of the violence, a young student, was at the bus stop in via della Magliana: Borgese approached with his car and asked her for directions to reach the entrance to the Gra direction Eur. The girl, using Maps, gave him the information. He then, having the back row and showing his completely empty cell phone, at that point opened the door and invited her to come up to accompany him. She had accepted.
“Once he left with the car, he asked the girl if he could make a call with his phone but, after making two unanswered phone calls, he kept it in his possession and began to make insistent advances towards her. “, write the Carabinieri. The young woman, intimidated and scared, because the man had continued the march reaching an isolated area, unknown to her, was then forced to suffer violence. The subject then returned the smartphone to the girl, accompanying her back near Villa Bonelli.
The investigators, thanks to the information and descriptions provided by the victim, carried out an intense investigation during which they also viewed the images of the < strong>city video surveillance system present on the route traveled by the man. They also showed a photo album with the faces of some men, including Borgese who was recognized by the victim. The investigating judge ordered prison for him.