Transsexual Italian actor Tommaso
Libero Riva got 12 years in jail Monday for killing a neighbour
he had frequent rows with in Milan last June.
Riva, 46, was convicted of manslaughter in the case, in which
the neighbour died of a knife wound.
Riva had always denied intending to kill Giuseppe Alfredo Villa,
a 68-year-old pensioner.
The court downgraded the charge against Riva from premeditated
murder to manslaughter.
Riva, whose stage name is 'Bianca Dolce Miele' (White Sweet
Honey), played himself in the documentary feature 'La Casa
dell'Amore' (The House of Love).
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