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Gentleman tries to escape police by swimming away — in Rome's Trevi Fountain (he doesn't get very far)
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Gentleman tries to escape police by swimming away — in Rome's Trevi Fountain (he doesn't get very far)

Carla Sinclair
Feb 28, 2025
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Image: Trevi Fountain; Sean Pavone / shutterstock.com

A New Zealand gentleman tried to escape police in Rome — by swimming away in the city's iconic Trevi Fountain. But he didn't get very far.

The tourist had already jumped into the 18th-century fountain once, along with his two traveling sidekicks, before police began to escort the trio away. That's when…

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