Turin ex-mayor Appendino cleared in Ream case

(ANSA) - ROME, MAY 16 - Turin ex-Mayor Chiara Appendino was cleared of falsehood by an appeals court on Monday in relation to a company called Ream and had her six-month term quashed.
    When she was found guilty in September 2020, Appendino said she would stay on as mayor but would suspend herself from the 5-Star Movement (M5S), which prides itself on being untainted by graft and scandal.
    The case relates to an investigation regarding the site of the former Westinghouse facility over a so-called 'phantom' debt of five million euros with the Ream company that allegedly disappeared from the 2016 balance sheet.
    "My good faith has been confirmed," said Appendino in tears of joy. (ANSA).