(ANSA) - GENOA, DECEMBER 6 - The former magistrate and politician Mario Sossi died today in Genoa at the age of 87 years. A public prosecutor in the trial of the XXII October Group, in 1974 he was retained by the Red Brigades for over a month. The name of Sossi remains linked to one of the first 'quality jumps' by the Red Brigades that seized it on 18 April 1974, loading it onto a car driven by Alberto Franceschini executed by Mara Cagol - about twenty members who participated in the kidnapping. Sossi was then subjected to a 'Br trial, in which he decided to kill him, but he was asked to release him in exchange for the release of eighth components of the XXII Ottobre group. Despite the favorable opinion on the group's provisional liberty, given by the Corted'assise d'appello, the Genoa prosecutor Francesco Coco refused to countersign the order by filing an appeal with Cassazione. On May 23, 1974, Sossi was released anyway, he returned alone to Genoa from the place of the kidnapping.
Former magistrate Mario Sossi died in Genoa
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The former magistrate and politician Mario Sossi died today in Genoa at the age of 87 years. Public prosecutor in the trial of Gruppo XXII Ottobre, in 1974 he was held by the Red Brigades for over a month. (HANDLE)
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