An Italian court handed down sentences Thursday in Genoa against 13 police officers accused of violence against protestors at the 2001 G8 summit in the city but acquitted several high-ranking officers in the case. Shouts of "shame, shame!" from many of those in the courtroom's public gallery accompanied the late evening reading of the verdicts and sentences, which came after some 11 hours of deliberations by judges. Among those attending the evening court session were people who were beaten when police raided a school that was being used as a headquarters by anti-globalization groups during the Group of Eight summit. Prosecutors had asked for a combined total of more than 100 years of jail for the 29 defendants, many of whom had been indicted on charges of assault and causing grievous bodily harm related to the raid at the Diaz school. Judges acquitted 16 of the defendants, including three who currently serve as top police and security officials in Italy.
Shouts of "shame, shame!" from many of those in the courtroom's public gallery accompanied the late evening reading of the verdicts and sentences, which came after some 11 hours of deliberations by judges.
Among those attending the evening court session were people who were beaten when police raided a school that was being used as a headquarters by anti-globalization groups during the Group of Eight summit.
Prosecutors had asked for a combined total of more than 100 years of jail for the 29 defendants, many of whom had been indicted on charges of assault and causing grievous bodily harm related to the raid at the Diaz school.
Judges acquitted 16 of the defendants, including three who currently serve as top police and security officials in Italy.
