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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Angela Giuffrida

Italian train conductor who issued 5,000 fines wrongfully dismissed, court rules

Francesco Bonanno
‘I’m not a bounty hunter, but at work you need rigour,’ said Bonanno. Photograph: corriere.it

An Italian train conductor who was sacked for issuing passengers with too many fines said his “nightmare is over” after the country’s top court ruled he was wrongfully dismissed.

Francesco Bonanno, 61, was accused of “terrorising” passengers by overzealously handing out a record number of fines within the space of a couple of years as he controlled tickets across northern routes on Trenitalia trains.

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