Rome prosecutors have requested
that five Carabinieri police be sent to trial over the death in
custody of Stefano Cucchi in October 2009, sources said Tuesday.
Three of the Carabinieri are accused of involuntary
manslaughter. They allegedly beat the young draughtsman after
his arrest on October 15, 2009. The other two are accused of
calumny and making false declarations. Cucchi died in a
custodial wing of Rome's Sandro Pertini on October 22, 2009, a
week after he was picked up on minor drug charges.
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