‘An act that has offended all those throughout the world who appreciate the value of archaeology, monuments and history.' The British tourist who carved his and his girlfriend's names into Rome's Colosseum has apologised to Italian police.
They added: ‘He told us he was very upset by what he had done, and he kept apologising for it, I think he was worried about the consequences of any trial and we explained that he could be jailed for between two and five years and be fined up to 15,000 Euros.’
In a statement the Carabinieri said: ’Following investigations, subsequent to the complaint presented by the Colosseum Park Authority, the Carabinieri of the Command of Rome Piazza Venezia, coordinated by the Public Prosecutor of Rome, have identified, through traditional investigations and photographic comparison, the person seriously suspected of be responsible for engraving his own name and that of his partner, at the Colosseum, filming the scene, then published on social media.
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