The pair say they had acted in self-defence because they thought the two policemen, who were not in uniform at the time, were thugs. [Reuters]Two American tourists were sentenced to life in prison by an Italian court on Wednesday for the 2019 murder of a policeman near their Rome hotel in a case that shook the nation. The court rejected their testimony and handed down the toughest punishment possible in Italy. Elder and Natale-Hjorth had come to Rome on holiday and tried to buy drugs from a local dealer in a tourist hotspot. The death of Cerciello Rega, who had only just got married, shook Italy and there was initial disbelief that two U.S. teenagers could be responsible for such violence.

Source: Standard Digital May 06, 2021 06:45 UTC