New Priebke trial ordered

ROME - Italy's highest court of appeal yesterday ordered a new war crimes trial for former SS captain Erich Priebke, Italian …

ROME - Italy's highest court of appeal yesterday ordered a new war crimes trial for former SS captain Erich Priebke, Italian news agencies reported.

The agencies reported that the Court of Cassation had voided the verdict delivered by a military court on August 1st. it found Priebke guilty of war crimes, but ordered him freed because the statute of limitations had run out.

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