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Taking someone's cellphone to read texts 'robbery' - court

Cassation upholds 26-month jail term

Redazione Ansa

(ANSA) - Rome, March 19 - Italy's supreme Cassation Court on Thursday upheld a 26-month jail term for a 24-year-old man who had yanked a cell phone away from his former partner to check her text messages.
    In what may be a ground-breaking ruling, the court concluded that taking someone else's phone by force to read their private conversations is similar to outright robbery.
    The man had reportedly grabbed his ex-girlfriend's phone in order to find proof of her alleged infidelity.
    In this way, he was "violating her right to privacy" and "self-determination in human relationships" - comparing his action to robbery.
   

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