(ANSA) - ROME, JAN 19 - Cosa Nostra boss Matteo Messina
Denaro, who was arrested in Palermo on Monday after 30 years on
the run, opted not to take part in a court hearing on Thursday
regarding his conviction for being among the mobsters who
ordered the 1992 bombings in which anti-mafia prosecutors
Giovanni Falcone and Paolo Borsellino were among the victims.
The 60-year-old mobster, who is in a maximum-security prison in
L'Aquila,, could have taken part in the appeal trial in
Caltanissetta via video link.
Proceedings in the trial were adjourned to March 9. (ANSA).
Messina Denaro opts not to take part in trial hearing from jail
Case regards conviction over Falcone, Borsellino bombings