<div id="subtitle">Mafia boss who claimed paralysis and anorexia escapes house arrest, is nabbed at restaurant</div><div><p>A convicted Mafia boss who got out of jail by faking paralysis and anorexia has been arrested at a restaurant after more than two months on the run, police in Sicily said Tuesday.</p><p>Officers arrested Carmelo Di Stefano on Monday as he dined at a seaside village near the Sicilian city of Catania, which he had reached at the wheel of a sports car.</p><p>Police official Giovanni Signer said when officers asked him why he was not in a wheelchair, Di Stefano answered: "It's a miracle!"</p><p>Di Stefano was sentenced to 30 years in prison for murder, associating with the Mafia and drug trafficking, police in Catania said in a statement.</p><p>He had been allowed to serve the sentence at his wife's home in the northern city of Bologna after being hospitalized twice for anorexia and post-traumatic paraplegia. Di Stefano, 36, escaped house arrest in September.</p><p>Signer said it was now clear that the boss had faked his condition, using "his willpower" to reach the weight of 84 pounds (38 kilograms).</p><p>(This version CORRECTS first name of boss to Carmelo. )</p><img src="http://admatch-syndication.mochila.com/images/ad.gif?aid=64143497&bid=informcom" /></div><div id="copyright"><div>

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