After more than seven hours of deliberations, the Bouches-du-Rhône Assize Court sentenced Eric Coppolani on Saturday (March 3rd) to 30 years' imprisonment. The member of the band called "Petit Bar" was tried for the assassination of Antoine Nivaggioni, killed on October 18, 2010 in the center of Ajaccio. A sentence of twenty years' imprisonment was pronounced against Antoine Mondoloni, tried for complicity of murder.
The repentant Patrick Giovannoni, 48, was found guilty of complicity in murder and criminal conspiracy. He was sentenced to five years in prison.