The 14-year and 9-month prison sentence handed down to jeweller Mario Roggero, who killed two robbers on 28 April 2021 following a raid on his shop, has been definitively upheld. Roggero has become a symbol for Salvini and Vannacci, but taking the law into one’s own hands has nothing to do with self-defence

The new security bill amends a provision of the Civil Code: anyone defending themselves against a crime is not liable to pay compensation to their attacker. However, the measure – which was inspired by the case of the Piedmontese jeweller and passed the day before the Supreme Court’s ruling – cannot be applied in his case. Meanwhile, the Supreme Court judges have ruled: the sentence of fourteen years and nine months is now final