Silvio Berlusconi under fire for rape gaffe - by Richard Owen
Silvio Berlusconi has found himself in hot water again after saying that deploying more troops on Italian streets following a series of rape cases would not guarantee the safety of the country's women because "we would need as many soldiers as there are beautiful girls in Italy – which we will never manage". There was also outrage when it emerged that a 22-year-old man accused of raping a 23-year-old girl during a New Year's Eve party organised by the city council at the Rome trade fair site had been allowed house arrest by a woman magistrate who accepted that he had expressed remorse at his "violent behaviour under the influence of alcohol and drugs".
Gianni Alemanno, the mayor of Rome, demanded that the man be imprisoned after the victim phoned him in distress to say she felt "abandoned by the authorities". On Saturday Mr Berlusconi said he would increase tenfold the number of soldiers helping police patrol city streets – taking the total to 30,000.
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