(ANSA) - Catania, September 3 - An 18-year-old Ivorian man
accused of killing a couple in Palagonia in Sicily at the
weekend must remain in prison ahead of trial, a judge ruled on
Thursday.
Mamadou Kamara is accused of killing Vincenzo Solano, 68,
and his wife Mercedes Ibanez, 70, while attempting to rob their
villa on August 30.
The judge in Caltagirone accepted the local prosecutor's
request for Kamara to be held in pre-trial custody in prison.
Police arrested Kamara Sunday after he was found with
blood-stained trousers as well as a mobile phone and clothes
belonging to Solano in the controversial Cara di Mineo migrant
reception centre, where he had been living since June.
According to initial reports, the murder weapons may have
been a screwdriver and a large pair of pliers, and Ibanez may
have been raped before she was killed.
Ivorian accused of killing Sicily couple to stay in jail
Judge accepts prosecutor request for pre-trial custody in prison