the allegations in california, di stefano was never arrested, never charged. in the newspapers and that sort of things, that s where he s condemned. so it s difficult to [inaudible] we are told that the corporate headquarters of di stefano, it s hard not to be a little bit skeptical. you have somebody who was trained to be a high profile, very successful international businessman, but it seemed there was a considerable amount of discrepancy between what he was claiming and reality. [speaking foreign language] [speaking foreign language]
it was tough in the past year. now, the issue was, these people were convicted of murder, robbery, drug trafficking. is this gonna stack up in a court of law effectively? you have his word potentially takes people who have been convicted of criminal offenses, which is a major, major problem. as time went on, within the city of london, people i was dragging this on. but it probably wasn t gonna lead anywhere. i didn t have an opinion. i waspretty convinced that di stefano potentially not what he was reporting to be. because of course by this stage that i m gonna check on it. but when i searched the name of di stefano, that s what pops
charade. okay, i ll go along. i ll play the game. i have never had a case like that before, which became so personal. the devils advocate, mr. murder, call him what he is. he is the who s who of the criminal world. giovanni destefano is one of the attorneys representing saddam hussein. mr. di stefano, good morning to you. good morning, katie. [inaudible] i don t offend snow white. you live in a fantasy land. he really believed that. it s a matter for you, i really don t care.
money. the real issue is my capacity to trust people again. because when somebody can actually take advantage of you when you are at your maximum vulnerability, then anything is possible in human nature. horrified is the best way to describe it i think. the belief, the arrogance. he had not murdering anybody at the end of the day, that had caused such misery. it has an effect on. di stefano under your skin. did i want to see him convicted, yeah, of course i did. and i was going to prove beyond reasonable doubt that he had never qualified as . and avvocato. he built a legal practice in rome under the name of
law. the appeal had been successful i should never have been tried with these two muppets anyway, these other two guys. i should have never been in the same court with them. looking relieved, nicholas van hoogstraten left court this afternoon a free man. the two trials in the palmer case completely transformed di stefano s standing. a peasant boy from a small village in italy. and you re worth 40, 50 million? there is a bit of humor it took off completely. i m flying.