"I want to apologize to everyone, to the Cerciello family and their friends. To the whole world. That night was the worst of my life and if I could go back to change things I would do it now, but I can't".
This was stated in court by Finnegan Lee Elder, the American on trial together with his friend Christian Natale Hjorth for the murder of the deputy sergeant of the carabinieri, Mario Cerciello Rega, during spontaneous declarations.