Sicily cops recover stolen coffin

(ANSA) - Catania, January 5 - Carabinieri military police in the Sicilian town of Acireale have recovered a coffin that was stolen from the cemetery in October, sources said Monday.
    The coffin containing the remains of the sister of a retired businessman had been absconded with from the family vault.
    The thieves had asked for a 50,000-euro ransom.
    The victim refused to pay and contacted police instead, who found the coffin stashed in the same cemetery it had been stolen from.