Genoa riot police get 5 years

international | summit mobilisations | other press Wednesday May 19, 2010 16:58 by non-voter thackeraddy at gmail dot com

Some of Italy's most senior police officers have been given jail sentences of up to five years for what the prosecutors called a "terrible" attack on demonstrators at the 2001 G8 meeting in Genoa and an attempted cover-up. It isn’t expected that any of the police will serve sentences because delays in bringing the prosecutions mean the offences are “ timed-out “ under statutes of limitations . But several of the most senior defendants were also given five-year disqualifications from public office . Victims of the police expressed delight at the sentences.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/may/19/g8-italian-...enced