(ANSA) Rome, March 27 - Four police officers convicted of killing an 18-year-old man during a routine stop in Ferrara in 2005 must pay some 560,000 euros in compensation to the interior ministry for damages to be paid to the man's family, the audits court ruled Friday.
Officers Enzo Pontani and Luca Pollastri must pay 224,512 euros each for the death of Federico Aldrovandi while Paolo Forlani and Monica Segatto must pay 56,128 euros each.
The prosecutor asked for a total of 1.8 million euros to be paid by the officers All four served just a few months of their sentences in the slaying of the young man, whom they stopped while he was walking home from a club.
Police justified their use of force by claiming Aldrovandi attacked them while in an "evident state of agitation".
They beat him into unconsciousness, and first-aid attempts to save his life failed.
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