(ANSA) Rome, January 29 - A local court convicted seven
people Thursday including four leaders of hardcore 'ultra'
supporters of soccer team Lazio on charges of trying to seize
control of the club in 2006 using extortion.
The judges handed prison sentences of three years and two
months each to Fabrizio Piscitelli, nicknamed 'Diabolik' after
an Italian comic-book criminal, and Yuri Alviti, while Fabrizio
Toffolo received a three year and six month sentence and Paolo
Arcivieri was handed a two year and two month term.
Piscitelli, leader of an extreme right wing fan gang called
the Irriducibili, spearheaded a campaign to get Lazio Chairman
Claudio Lotito to sell the club.
Lotito irked ultra fan groups by denying them privileges
granted by previous owners such as free tickets and the ability
to sell official club merchandise.
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