A priest and an
accountant were arrested Tuesday on suspicion of threatening a
judge, sources said.
Father Ercole Artoni, 88, and Aldo Ruffini, 74, were arrested
for allegedly threatening the president of the Reggio Emilia
court Cristina Beretti, one of the judges in the big 'Ndrangheta
Eamilia trial.
Ruffini is involved in a tax evasion case in which Beretti
ordered the seizure of assets belonging to him.
After the threats she was placed under police protection.
Father Artoni allegedly warned Beretti to "stay away from
your office windows", and to be "careful because they know where
your son goes to school", saying these threat had been issued by
Calabrian mafia defendants held in the Aemilia case.
The priest allegedly passed on these threats last December.
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