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Berlusconi’s sentence makes world headlines
P(ANSA) – Rome, April 16 – The international press on Thursday was awash with headlines of Italian judges sentencing Silvio Berlusconi to a year of community service in a senior center for committing tax fraud to the tune of 370 … Continue reading
Roma youth gets sentence reduced for killing policeman
(ANSA) – Milan, December 9 – The juvenile section of the Milan Appeals Court has sentenced Remi Nikolic to nine years and eight months of detention for killing a policeman in January 2012. Nikolic was driving an off-road vehicle when … Continue reading
Pedophile priest handed two-and-a-half year prison sentence
(ANSA) – Pesaro, December 3 – A judge on Tuesday handed a 43-year-old priest in the north-eastern city of Pesaro a two-and-a-half year sentence for having sex with a 13-year-old girl. The case of Father Giangiacomo Ruggeri, a former spokesman … Continue reading
Sentence upheld for man who ran down pensioner
(ANSA) – Bolzano, November 18 – An appeals court in northern Italy on Monday upheld a 12-year sentence for a man guilty of running down and killing a pedestrian with his SUV in an attempt to evade police. Hafid El … Continue reading
Berlusconi blackmailer’s sentence halved on appeal
(ANSA) – Naples, November 6 – Former newspaper editor Valter Lavitola on Wednesday saw his 2-year, 8-month sentence for trying to blackmail ex-premier Silvio Berlusconi halved to one year and four months on appeal. An associate of the media-magnate-turned politician … Continue reading
Knox sentence expected January 10
(see previous). (ANSA) – Florence, November 6 – The sentence in an appeals retrial of Amanda Knox and Raffaele Sollecito for the 2007 Perugia murder of British exchange student Meredith Kercher will likely come on January 10, according to a … Continue reading
Man given one-month suspended sentence for slapping son
(ANSA) – Arezzo, October 22 – An Arezzo-area man who slapped his six-year-old son because the boy didn’t want to read has been handed a one-month suspended sentence. The slap, which occurred in 2009, was reported to police after the … Continue reading