man accused of killing US student freed (2)

(ANSA) - Rome, December 2 - A homeless man accused of killing American student Beau Solomon by pushing him into the River Tiber in Rome on the night between June 30 and July 1 is to be released from jail, a judge ruled on Friday. Prosecutors had opposed the request from the defence team of Massimo Galioto.
    Solomon, a promising young American football college player at the University of Wisconsin, died a few hours after arriving in Rome and spending the night in one of the Italian capital's pubs.