One out of 24 Lombard and
Veneto secessionists nabbed in spring 2014 for planning to
occupy Venice's iconic St Mark's Square with a so-called 'tanko'
homemade armoured vehicle was found guilty of subversive
activity and sentenced to two years in jail on Friday.
The man, Michele Cattaneo, was ruled to be the ringleader of
the gang.
Cattaneo, the only one of the group who chose a fast-track
trial, was found guilty of building the cannon of the
rudimentary tank.
He will be tried in Rovigo for making the weapon.
All the others will also be tried in Rovigo after a Brescia
court declared itself territorially incompetent.
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