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http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/article/...eased-this-weekJailed mob hit man Antonio Borrelli to be released this weekAmy Dempsey
Toronto Star Staff Reporter
Published on Sunday December 09, 2012
A hit man who sprayed a North York sandwich shop with bullets in a 2004 botched mob shooting that left an innocent woman paralyzed is set to be released from prison this week.
Antonio “Jelly” Borrelli is serving 10 years for attempted murder, conspiracy to commit aggravated assault and firearms charges for his role in the crime almost nine years ago. He was sentenced in 2006.
Borrelli, who at the time of the shooting worked as a “debt collector” for a Toronto crime family, pulled into the parking lot of California Sandwiches and fired 20 rounds of ammunition during a murder attempt carried out jointly by a member of the Hells Angels and local mob figures.
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This week, Borrelli, who is in his mid-30s, is due for statutory release, a type of discharge that most federal inmates get automatically after serving two-thirds of their sentence.
The intended targets in the botched hit were reputed Sicilian Mafia figure Michele Modica and his associates. The motive was an unpaid gambling debt. Mark Peretz, Paris Christoforou, Peter Scarcella and Borrelli all received sentences of nine or 10 years for their roles in the shooting.
Christoforou, Peretz and Scarcella left prison on statutory release earlier this year. Peretz was rearrested and jailed in May after he breached conditions. His statutory release has been revoked....
