A mafia boss who got out of jail by faking paralysis and anorexia has been captured after more than two months on the run. Police arrested Francesco Di Stefano as he dined at a village near the Sicilian city of Catania, which he had driven to in a sports car. When asked why he was not in a wheelchair, he said: "It's a miracle!" He had been allowed to serve a 30-year drug sentence at his wife's home in Bologna after hospital treatment for anorexia and post-traumatic paraplegia, but escaped house arrest. Police said it was clear he had faked his condition, using "willpower" to get his weight to 84lb (38kg).

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