A Saudi man who drove a Maserati down the Spanish Steps in Rome has claimed he was following his sat-nav.
The 37-year-old engineer, who has not been named, smashed stone steps as his rented Maserati Levante SUV careered down them at 4am on May 12. “He has told police he is sorry, that he takes responsibility but said he was following his navigator,” said Carlo Dalla Vedova, an Italian lawyer representing the man.
Built in 1726, the Spanish Steps are a symbol of Rome, offering a view across the city. While driving along the street accessing the top of the steps in the company of a Romanian woman he was said to have met that evening, the man veered left down the steps then stopped
