Man who threatened prosecutors dead

(ANSA) Reggio Calabria, March 3 - A man who made repeated telephone threats against anti-mafia prosecutors has died before he could stand trial, apparently from natural causes, police said Tuesday.
    Francesco Gennaro Triolo, a 47-year-old labourer, was caught by police making the threatening phone calls to police switchboards after police rigged up closed-circuit television cameras in front of public phone boxes he used.
    According to his brother Giuseppe, Triolo was mentally ill but police found evidence of contacts he had with 'Ndrangheta, the Calabrian version of the Sicilian Mafia.
    One of the main targets of the calls was Nicola Gratteri, a prosecutor leading the fight against 'Ndrangheta.
    Giuseppe Triolo also was tried on charges of making threatening calls to a judge but was acquitted. photo: Gratteri