Max Leitner, the king of South Tyrolean tax evasions, has died

(ANSA) – BOLZANO, JULY 23 – Max Leitner, the king of escapes, has died on the age of 66. He died, in all probability from sickness in his house in Merano, after a life on the run and in jail and solely lately launched. He spent 27 years as a prisoner, the Vallanzasca of Alto Adige. Leitner, who had been having severe well being issues for a while, was discovered mendacity on the ground by a pal, who often stopped by to test on his well being. Throughout his lengthy profession as a ‘bandit’ he was by no means stained with blood, nonetheless accumulating a complete of virtually three many years of jail sentences. He didn’t find yourself within the nationwide information for his robberies, however as a result of over time he had managed to flee 5 occasions from 5 completely different prisons. All of it started with a sequence of robberies within the Nineteen Eighties. Arrests, convictions and escapes adopted, resembling when he was arrested by the Austrian police in August 1990 throughout an assault on an armored van and subsequently escaped first from an Austrian jail after which from different prisons in Italy. His final arrest dates again to a few years in the past. Leitner had sworn that he would by no means return to jail, additionally as a result of he was significantly ailing, however one evening in September the doorways of the Bolzano jail reopened. Max, even when he was on probation, couldn’t keep out of hassle. Like in September 2021. Round half previous midnight, a prostitute referred to as 112 as a result of, whereas she was alone with a shopper, two gunshots have been fired at her automobile, which luckily was empty on the time. The police rapidly traced the case to the South Tyrolean who knew the lady. On the time of his arrest, he faked a coronary heart assault. Within the automobile the officers discovered a P38 pistol, thought-about a conflict weapon, a .22 caliber rifle with a silencer, a teaser, a carnival masks and a pretend police cap. Leitner had lately been residing in Merano. Those that met him described him as a person marked by life. It’s even stated that he was not comfortable about now not being thought-about harmful, however maybe it was simply one of many self-deprecating quirks of the king of escapes. (ANSA).