This morning I heard on BBC radio that the man who shot Pope John Paul II was released from prison. The reporter said that Mehme Ali Agca was offered a lucrative deal to tell his story of why he shot the Pope.
And who says crime doesn't pay?
The man who shot Pope John Paul II in 1981 was released from prison today after completing his sentence for crimes committed in Turkey...
There have been long-standing questions about Agca's mental health based on his frequent outbursts and claims that he was the Messiah.
In a statement today...he raved again: "I proclaim the end of the world. All the world will be destroyed in this century...."
Read more: http://www.breakingnews.ie/world/man-who-shot-pope-freed-from-jail-442355.html#ixzz0cxT5eZtM
...Agca served 19 years in an Italian prison for the attack, before being pardoned on the Pope's initiative in 2000.
However Agca was then extradited to serve a sentence in Turkey for crimes including the 1979 murder of a newspaper editor.
Read full story: http://www.news.com.au/breaking-news/the-man-who-shot-the-pope-freed/story-e6frfku0-1225820959637
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