258:. Andreotti was acquitted along with his co-defendants in 1999. The prosecution successfully appealed the acquittal and there was a 2002 retrial, in which inconsistent verdicts saw Carminati and defendants accused of setting up the killing being acquitted, while Andreotti was found guilty of ordering the killing, and sentenced to 24 years in prison. Italians of all political allegiances denounced the conviction. The Italian supreme court finally cleared Andreotti of the murder in 2003. According to his brother, Fioravanti admitted killing Sicilian politician
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Carminati lost his left eye in a gunfight with border guards in 1981 while attempting to illicitly cross into
Switzerland. He was initially acquitted with Andreotti in the killing of Pecorelli, but after a prosecution appeal they were found guilty at re-trial stage trial. In 2003 Italy's highest
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strongroom deposit boxes, he was regarded as the mastermind behind the burglary. Police reportedly suspect the deposit boxes contained compromising material that
Carminati used to compile dossiers on a number of high officials. In 2012 it was reported his name had come up in a match fixing
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Renewing Sicilian Culture - Review
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Ex-Premier Andreotti Acquitted of Mafia Murder Conspiracy
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Puppetmasters: The Political Use of Terrorism in Italy
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608:OBIT Giulio Andreotti
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366:Giancarlo De Cataldo
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