Physicist gives up home barricade

(ANSA) - Carbonia, July 7 - A Swiss-born nuclear physicist who barricaded himself inside his house in Sardinia with a gun surrendered on Tuesday following negotiations with Italian police.
    Alain Kespy, 74, shut himself in his retirement home in San Giovanni Suergiu around 23:30 on Monday night, threatening to shoot anyone who came near to the premises.
    Kespy's wife raised the alarm after leaving the isolated villa when he told her he did not want to be disturbed and grabbed the gun.
    Kespy, former mayor of Divonne les Bains in the Rhone-Alpes region of France, faces a legal disagreement with the former owner of the property, which may have provoked his action, local sources said.