Prosecutors on Thursday
requested that former Rome mayor Ignazio Marino be handed a jail
term of three years, one month and 10 days for alleged
fraudulent use of his city credit card while he was first
citizen.
Marino is accused of misappropriation, fraud and giving
false statements in a case also concerning consultancy payments
made to his Imagine NGO.
Elected mayor in 2013, Marino was ousted last year by his
centre-left Democratic Party (PD), which is led by Premier
Matteo Renzi, over an expenses scandal, the last in a string of
embarrassments that dogged his administration.
The city of Rome has made a petition for damages of
600,000 euros from Marino.
It wants 500,000 euros for damages to the city's image
and another 100,000 for the actual loss incurred.
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