A Rome detention review court
ruled Friday that alleged Ostia gangster Roberto Spada, accused
of headbutting and breaking the nose of a RAI State broadcaster
reporter in the Roman seaside municipality on November 7, must
stay in jail.
It reiterated that Spada was accused of grievous bodily harm
aggravated by "mafia methods".
Spada, the brother of alleged clan chief Carmine, is being
held in a jail in Tolmezzo near Udine in far northeastern Italy.
Spada attacked Daniele Piervincenzi and a cameraman outside
his boxing gym while being interviewed on the Spada clan's
alleged support for the far-right CasaPound group, which scored
an unexpectedly high 9% in the first round of municipal
elections November 5.
A member of the anti-establishment 5-Star Movement (M5S) beat
a centre-right candidate in a run-off for mayor last Sunday.
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