Torture in prison, 10 San Gimignano agents sentenced

(ANSA) - SIENA, FEBRUARY 17 - Sentenced for torture and aggravated injuries 10 prison officers serving in the San Gimignano prison (Siena) in October 2018: the sentences range from 2 years and 3 months to 2 years and 8 months. This is the sentence of the gup of Siena Jacopo Rocchi after almost 3 hours in a council chamber. The 10 agents, with the lawyers Manfredi Biotti and Stefano Cipriani, had chosen the shortened procedure after being accused of the beating of a prisoner during a cell transfer in October 2018. The prosecutor Valentina Magninia had asked for 3-year sentences for 8 agents, 2 for another and 22 months for the tenth defendant. (HANDLE).