Negligent company bosses to appeal Italy asbestos verdict

Euro News Tuesday 14th February, 2012

Company owners convicted of causing over 3,000 asbestos-related deaths in Italy say they will appeal the verdict. In a court in the northern Italian city of Turin, the Swiss billionaire former owner of Eternit, Stephan Schmidheiny, was found guilty of negligence and sentenced to 16 years in prison even though he did not appear. Public prosecutor ...

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