Two 20-something Rome men who
have confessed to shooting by mistake a promising 20-year-old
swimmer and paralysing him from the waist down outside a Rome
pub Saturday were charged with attempted murder on Thursday.
The men, aged 24 and 25, were charged with shooting Manuel
Bortuzzo in Rome's Axa district after prosecutors said there was
premeditation.
The men, Lorenzo Marinelli and Daniel Bazzano, face a prison
term ranging from seven to 20 years.
Prosecutors said the shooting was premeditated because the
pair returned to the pub after a scuffle there, bringing with
them a pistol they had buried in a field after discovering it
by chance about two months ago.
The two told police they had stayed with friends, whose
identity they refused to reveal, over the last few days, and
also camped out in the open.
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