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Afragola. On 14 July 1945, Bellomo received formal communication of his trial. The trial took place on 28 July 1945 and within an hour he was sentenced to death. Bellomo, who refused to ask for pardon, was executed by a firing squad on the Island of Nisida north of Naples on 11 September 1945. At that time, the island was occupied by the
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events leading to their escape, and asked the two
British officers to show him the location from which they had launched their plan. Again, the two British prisoners took their chances to escape, although this time Italian sentries opened fire, killing Captain Playne and wounding Lieutenant Cooke. The investigation into the incident revealed no misconduct on Bellomo's part.
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Italian Army that almost everywhere collapsed, instead Bellomo successfully defended the Bari Harbour attacked by the German Forces, the Italian anti-fascist front marginalized by a general too close with the Crown and of course the nostalgics of fascism. At least these forces totally isolated the general during the trial."
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Bellomo's trial operated on insufficient evidence and contradictory statements, and therefore the sentence and the execution were unfair. Others believe that the British court was influenced by "many Bellomo's
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