Moroccan bag thief run over and killed by socialite 'was a known criminal who Italian police tried to deport' it emerges - as driver reveals why she felt she had to ram him... and the strange thing she did afterwards

A bag thief who was run over and killed by an Italian socialite was a known criminal who police had previously tried to deport,it has emerged. 

Businesswoman Cinzia Dal Pino,65,took brutal revenge after the man identified as Moroccan national Nourdine Naziki,52,grabbed her handbag from the open window of her car.

Shocking CCTV footage leaked to local media shows the moment Dal Pino then chased down Naziki and ran him over four times with her Mercedes SUV. 

In a bizarre twist,rather than calling police or paramedics,Dal Pino then calmly returned to the restaurant where she had been dining with friends before the attack to bring back an umbrella she had borrowed,local media reports.

Naziki's family in Morocco has now spoken of their horror at the incident,saying that justice must be served and slamming Italian authorities for placing Dal Pino under house arrest rather than in jail.

Naziki's family in an interview with Moroccan TV demanded 'justice'

Italy's deputy prime minister Matteo Salvini took a different view and wrote on Facebook: 'This drama is the consequence of a crime. If the man who lost his life hadn't been a delinquent this wouldn't have happened.'

Naziki's family said of the 52-year-old,who had lived in Italy for 24 years: 'He was a good man and we want justice. Everyone who knows him will tell you that. She ran over him four times and then just calmly drove off when he was dying and didn't even ask for help.'

Meanwhile a banner has appeared on a building site in Viareggio that read: 'Who has money has power,the law is not equal for everyone.'