By Chris Wright
Fabio Cannavaro, the thinking man’s trespasser
Fabio Cannavaro has been given a suspended prison sentence for the heinous crime of taking a dip in his own swimming pool.
The only slight sticking point being that the pool in question was located in the back garden of Cannavaro’s villa in Naples, which has been seized and cordoned off by police as part of an investigation into planning abuse.
Cannavaro was hit with a 10-month jail term, while his brother Paolo (who currently plays for Serie A side Sassuolo) and his wife Daniela Arenoso were also handed with custodial sentences.
Despite the property being confiscated, the trio still broke the police seal on the building in order to go for a quick swim in the back garden because obviously there are no other swimming pools in the whole of Italy.
According to the Mirror, all three members of the Quick Dip Club immediately appealed their sentences meaning that they will remain suspended until the court has re-visited the case.
As mentioned, Cannavaro’s house was seized by police as part of an ongoing investigation into abuse of building regulations and planning permission.
While the Cannavaro brothers and Arenoso were acquitted over the planning abuse allegations, they were convicted for entering the property illegally.
However, you shouldn’t really expect Cannavaro to spend a single second behind bars as that’s not really the way the Italian judicial $y$t€m works.