(ANSA) - Milan, December 12 - A preliminary investigations
judge (GIP) in Milan has ruled that a pensioner who shot dead a
22-year-old who had broken into his home in 2015 must be handed
back his gun.
Voluntary manslaughter charges against the pensioner,
Francesco Sicignano, a 67-year-old from the town of Vaprio
D'Adda near Milan, were dropped on Monday.
Judge Teresa De Pascale ruled that Sicignano acted in self
defense.
She said he reacted "in the only way possible in that
moment", taking a decision "in a few seconds", ruling in favor
of the prosecution's request to dismiss the case and ordering to
hand back to Sicignano the revolver with which he shot dead
Gjergi Gjoni, a 22-year-old Albanian national.
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Voluntary manslaughter charges were dropped