Man prefers jail to being at home with grandpa

An Italian man escaped from house arrest and begged police to put him in jail because he could not bear living with his grandfather.

The 30-year old, who could only be identified by his initials A.M., had been placed under house arrest for six months in the Sardinian town of Sassari after a scuffle with a policeman.

But he escaped, and Sunday showed up at a police station in the northern city of Genoa, asking them to arrest him and put him in a cell.

His lawyer said he did not know what the problem between the two was. "It's probably irreconcilable differences".