Scooter fine of 6400 euros for driving without a license

TURIN – "Please, I need help, because I don't have all that money to pay." Lyke is terrified (this is his nickname), after having taken a 6,465 euro fine on the evening of 19 October because he was riding a scooter without a license and in the wrong way. He is so afraid of speaking to Lyke that he does not want his generality to spread. He's a 24-year-old boy from Nigeria. Work as a dishwasher when you need it in the kitchen. He studies Italian: he wants to integrate. But now he risks losing everything: if irregularities were to emerge about his immigration position, Lyke could even be expelled. "I'm so scared now, I'm looking for a lawyer to help me: I don't have all that money, I don't know where to find them," says Lyke, who still can't speak Italian perfectly, but is already able to communicate and therefore to communicate. to work. "I'm in Turin to study – he explains – I'm learning Italian. But to maintain myself, I need to work ". «So far I have not found a real place, I am a dishwasher in a restaurant and, when needed, I help the cook in the kitchen. I don't have a contract because it's not a regular job … the pay depends on how many days I work. The company counts them and pays me ".

Lyke needed the scooter to go to work: he does not have a license, here in Italy it is too expensive to achieve it. The young man opted for the two-wheeled vehicle (it is not one of the most expensive models) because it is the only means by which he manages to move around the city rather quickly. Lyke does not yet know our language well: therefore, he was not aware of how to use electric vehicles. When the municipal police stopped him yesterday, he started to cry. «I thought I would finish my studies here in Turin and start a real professional career. But now I really need help. " Lyke does not want to lose hope, he is afraid but finds the strength to launch an appeal. His profile hole of What’sApp is a closed Gospel, with a cross and a post-it on which he wrote in pen: "God has the most amazing plan for you: trust him".