A German court has approved Italy's
request for the extradition of the trucker who allegedly ran
over and killed former cycling champion Davide Rebellin on 30
November in Montebello Vicentino near Vicenza.
The two counties' authorities will now decide on how and when
Wolfgan Rieke should be handed over to Italy's Carabinieri
police, local media in Germany reported.
Rieke was arrested last month on charges of vehicular homicide
and hit-and-run on a European warrant issued by the Vicenza
Public Prosecutor's Office.
He was released from jail days later as a German court suspended
the provisional arrest pending a decision on the man's
extradition.
A few days ago Rieke's lawyer presented a petition in Venice for
the order for his preventative incarceration to be suspended and
replaced with house arrest, stressing that he was now doing an
office job.
A hearing will be held regarding the petition on July 14.
The Italian judge who issued the arrest warrant said Rieke
showed "an astounding lack of any signs of remorse".
Rebellin, 51, was one of Italy's top riders in the 1990s.
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