Rennes (AFP)
The justice announced Friday in Rennes that it would ask a supplement of information to Italy before considering the delivery to the Italian authorities of the former anti-capitalist Italian activist Vincenzo Vecchi, arrested August 8 in Morbihan under two European arrest warrants.
The investigating chamber of the Rennes Court of Appeal also rejected a request for release formulated Thursday by defense lawyers, ordering nevertheless a "study of feasibility of house arrest" with electronic surveillance.
Vincenzo Vecchi, 46, under two arrest warrants issued by Italy, was sentenced to 12 ½ years in prison for "devastation and ransacking" of property at the G8 summit in Genoa in 2001 and in particular for "carrying a weapon" during a demonstration against the extreme right in Milan in 2006, chief challenged by the defense.
He still has to serve 11 years and a half of prison after a year of pre-trial detention.
The court "orders further information" and asks the Italian authorities to "specify the term of the judgment" of Genoa and the "prescription period of the sentence".
The additional information was requested by the Advocate General and the defense. Its purpose is to verify that the rights of the defense have been respected, in particular for the alleged acts during the G8 of Genoa, and that the penalty is not prescribed.
Friday before the court of appeal where the hearing was held, more than 200 people gathered to support this 46-year-old house painter who lived for eight years near Rochefort-sur-Terre (Morbihan) until his arrest AFP noted.
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