(ANSA) - Rome, September 28 - A Rome judge on Thursday sent 16 former Lazio councillors for the centre-left Democratic Party (PD) to trial over alleged misuse of funds for groups in the regional assembly. The suspects are accused of a range of crimes from misappropriation, abuse of office and corruption to fraud.
Esterino Montino, the current mayor of the coastal town of Fiumicino, near Rome, is among the defendants.
Trial for 16 former PD Lazio councillors
Accused of felonies over misuse of party funds