Rome trial court docket acquits Enrica Lexie marines who shot useless Indian fishermen
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By Express News Service
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Two Italian marines accused of killing two fishermen from Kerala and Tamil Nadu had been acquitted by a trial court docket in Rome. Italian information company ANSA reported {that a} preliminary investigations decide (GIP) on Monday acquitted marines Salvatore Girone and Massimiliano Latorre who had been accused to have killed Valentine Jelastine of Kollam and Ajeesh Pink of Kanyakumari, mistaking them for pirates, off the coast in Kochi. The incident occurred on February 15, 2012 when the marines opened hearth from the ship Enrica Lexie.
According to the company, the GIP’s ruling had been anticipated after a prosecutor in December requested for dropping the costs in opposition to each. In a press release, Italian Defence Minister Lorenzo Guerini welcomed the “positive outcome” for Girone and Latorre. Quashing the long-pending felony case in June, final 12 months, the SC had dominated that Rs 4 cr every can be given to the households and Rs 2 cr to the proprietor of the boat utilized by the fishermen.
