Carla Bruni, the wife of French President Nicolas Sarkozy, has told how she visited a former Red Brigades militant, Marina Petrella, in hospital. The news emerged after Mr Sarkozy blocked Petrella's extradition to Italy on humanitarian grounds. Ms Bruni said the threat to Petrella's health had become "intolerable". The former left-wing militant has been receiving treatment in the psychiatric ward of a Paris hospital, and has reportedly been suicidal. Petrella, 54, was sentenced to life in absentia by a Rome court in 1992 for murder and kidnapping.
Carla Bruni, the wife of French President Nicolas Sarkozy, has told how she visited a former Red Brigades militant, Marina Petrella, in hospital.
The news emerged after Mr Sarkozy blocked Petrella's extradition to Italy on humanitarian grounds.
Ms Bruni said the threat to Petrella's health had become "intolerable".
The former left-wing militant has been receiving treatment in the psychiatric ward of a Paris hospital, and has reportedly been suicidal.
Petrella, 54, was sentenced to life in absentia by a Rome court in 1992 for murder and kidnapping.
Carla Bruni must have been embarrassed by her sister's vocal criticism of that U-turn, and active support for the Italians that were theatened by extradition. In the long run, we're all dead. John Maynard Keynes
