Was Giovanni Di Stefano a real lawyer?
Giovanni Di Stefano who claimed to represent dictators, warlords and killers despite having had no legal qualifications, is serving a 22-year prison sentence. A fake lawyer, who claimed to represent dictators, warlords and killers, is set to cash in on his own notoriety on his release from jail.
Did Giovanni di Stefano represent Saddam Hussein?
He has been referred to as “The Devil’s Advocate” for his advocacy on behalf of such claimed clients as Saddam Hussein and Slobodan Milošević. He was also a business associate of the Serbian paramilitary leader and indicted war criminal Željko Ražnatović.
Who was Giovanni De Stefano?
A conman who duped people into thinking he was a bona fide legal professional has been jailed for 14 years. Giovanni di Stefano was convicted on Wednesday of 25 charges, including deception, fraud and money laundering between 2001 and 2011.
Who did Giovanni di Stefano represent?
Milosevic was one of a collection of 21st century villains Di Stefano advised or represented despite having no formal lawyer qualifications – others included Saddam Hussein, Harold Shipman and Arkan, the Serbian warlord who was assassinated in Belgrade in 2000.
Where is Di Stefano now?
Di Stefano is currently serving his sentence at HMP Highpoint in Suffolk and had no participation in the three-part show about his “life and crimes”. Perhaps that’s no surprise given the interest from filmmakers in the events which led to him being jailed for 14 years in March 2013.
Does Giovanni De Stefano have children?
He met his second wife Mirjana, with whom he fathered another son, Gianni before returning to England in 1999. Di Stefano, a British-Italian who speaks English with a cockney accent, was dubbed the Devil’s Advocate for his role defending some of the world’s most notorious villains.
Where is Giovani Di Stefano now?
Di Stefano is currently still in jail. He was sentenced to 14 years in prison in 2013, so still has five years left of his term. n 2021 he failed to persuade a High Court judge to order his release from jail after claiming he was being held in prison arbitrarily because he cannot pay money he owes.