A Milan judge on Tuesday
rejected a plea deal for three members of the family that
formerly owned the ILVA steelworks in Taranto and are on trial
for the environmental disaster caused by the plant in southern
Italy.
Milan judge Maria Vicidomini said the jail terms proposed in
the deal were "incongruous" because they were too low, and
rejected as well the amount of 1.3 billion euros in restitution
put forth by defendants Adriano, Fabio and Nicola Riva.
The money, on deposit in Switzerland, has already been seized
and must be transferred to Italy to fund ILVA's environmental
clean-up.
The proposed plea bargain had set jail time at two years, six
months for Adriano, between four and five years for Fabio
(continuing on another sentence that has already been handed
down) and about two years for Nicola.
photo: Fabio Riva
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