'Tarzan' fugitive who used rope to get across ravine to his woodland hideout is caught by Italian police after he decided to swing by his mother Man sentenced in Nov to eight years in prison for sexual and domestic violence He escaped and moved into an abandoned stone house in a Sicily nature reserve The 50-year-old was arrested as police hid in the vegetation in Timpa di Acireale
By Miranda Aldersley For Mailonline and Afp
Published: 15:25 GMT, 15 February 2019 | Updated: 15:26 GMT, 15 February 2019
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Italian police have arrested a fugitive who used a rope to swing in and out of his forest hideout, earning him the nickname 'Tarzan', local media reported Friday.
The man became untraceable from 17 November last year, after the Court of Appeal of Catania sentenced him to eight years for
