Guardian UK; "G8 summit officers on trial "(Genoa 2001)

[Englander]

Philip Willan in Rome
Thursday April 7, 2005
The Guardian

Twenty-eight Italian police officers went on trial in Genoa yesterday accused of beating anti-globalisation demonstrators at the G8 summit four years ago. Almost 100 people were hurt during the raid on the Diaz school, the then headquarters of the Genoa Social Forum.

Judge Bernardo Di Mattei adjourned the trial to May 19, raising fears the proceedings will take so long that the defendants will exploit a statute of limitations.

Among the accused are Italy's current anti-terrorism chief, Francesco Gratteri, and Giovanni Luperi, the head of an EU taskforce on Islamist terrorism. The charges include grievous bodily harm, slander and false arrest.

Five Britons were hurt in the raid, which followed violent clashes between police and protesters in which one activist was shot dead and hundreds of police injured.

More at;
http://www.guardian.co.uk/g8/story/0,13365,1453694,00.html