A local court in Varanasi city of northern India's Uttar Pradesh awarded life term imprisonment to two Italians for murdering their friend and compatriot.
Francesco Montis, 28, was found dead in the first week of February 2010 in a hotel in the city.
While talking to mediapersons, public prosecutor, Anil Kumar Singh said the deceased's post-mortem revealed that the death was caused by asphyxia as a result of strangulation and there were six injury marks present on the body before death.
"Italian national Francesco Montis was murdered in room no 459 of Hotel Buddha in the city on the night of February 3 and 4, 2010. Elisa Betti Boncompagni, a woman friend and Tommaso Bruno, a male friend, strangulated him. There were six marks on his body, which were made before death. So, for this (heinous) crime, the Thirteenth ADJ (Additional District and Session Judge) Shri Ram Manohar Narayan Mishra awarded life term imprisonment and a penalty of Rs. 25,000 ($563.82) to each of the convicts," said Singh.
But the counsel for Italian Embassy, Vibhu Shankar told reporters that he was not satisfied with the judgement and it was totally wrong.
"The judgement is wrong. There are certain contradictions. There is no direct witness. All the witnesses are fabricated and planted. The report of doctor is wrong and strangulation is not being proved from anywhere. It's all wrong," said Vibhu Shankar, Advocate of Italian Embassy, New Delhi.
Since the deceased and the convicts were Italians, the district magistrate of Varanasi, Shri Ravindra sent a team of doctors on February 06 for post mortem of the body again.
He added that it was a case of circumstantial evidence and the murder was fallout of love triangle.
All the three Italian nationals Montis, Boncompagni and Bruno worked in a hotel in central London. They had come to Varanasi as a part of their India tour.
A local court of India's northern Uttar Pradesh awards life term imprisonment two Italians for murdering their friend and compatriot in a hotel room.
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VARANASI, UTTAR PRADESH, INDIA (JULY 23, 2011) (ANI-NO ACCESS BBC)
1. EXTERIOR OF A LOCAL COURT
2. PEOPLE WALKING ON ROAD
3. POLICE OFFICIALS STANDING OUTSIDE A COURT
4. ANIL KUMAR SINGH, PUBLIC PROSECUTOR OF VARANASI, WALKING
5. (SOUNDBITE) (Hindi) ANIL KUMAR SINGH, PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, SAYING:
"Italian national Francesco Montis was murdered in room no 459 of Hotel Buddha in the city on the night of February 3 and 4, 2010. Elisa Betti Boncompagni, a woman friend and Tommaso Bruno, a male friend, strangulated him. There were six marks on his body, which were made before death. So, for this (heinous) crime, the Thirteenth ADJ (Additional District and Session Judge) Shri Ram Manohar Narayan Mishra awarded life term imprisonment and a penalty of Rs. 25,000 ($563.82) to each of the convicts."
6. A SIGNBOARD READING 'THIRTEENTH ADDITIONAL DISTRICT AND SESSION JUDGE'
7. POLICE OFFICIAL COMING OUT OF A ROOM
8. TOMMASO BRUNO WALKING
9. BRUNO ESCORTED BY POLICE
10. BRUNO WALKING
11. ELISA BETTI BONCOMPAGNI WALKING ALONG WITH BRUNO
12. POLICE OFFICIALS, BRUNO AND BONCOMPAGNI WALKING
13. BRUNO AND BONCOMPAGNI ENTERING A VEHICLE
14. BRUNO AND BONCOMPAGNI SITTING INSIDE THE VEHICLE
15. (SOUNDBITE) (Hindi) VIBHU SHANKAR, COUNSEL FOR ITALIAN EMBASSY, NEW DELHI, SAYING:
"The judgement is wrong. There are certain contradictions. There is no direct witness. All the witnesses are fabricated and planted. The report of doctor is wrong and strangulation is not being proved from anywhere. It's all wrong."
16. FOREIGN NATIONALS STANDING ON ROAD
17. FOREIGN WALKING
18. FOREIGN NATIONAL SITTING IN A VEHICLE
19. VEHICLE LEAVING
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